Thorsten Altenkirch (/ˈɔːltənkɜːrʃ/ AWL-tən-kursh, German: [ˈtɔʁstn̩ ˈʔaltn̩kɪʁç]) is a German Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham[1] known for his research on logic, type theory, and homotopy type theory.

Altenkirch was part of the 2012/2013 special year on univalent foundations at the Institute for Advanced Study.

[2] At Nottingham he co-chairs the Functional Programming Laboratory with Graham Hutton.

Altenkirch obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1993 under Rod Burstall.

[3] Altenkirch's work includes: Containers, Epigram programming language, and Homotopy Type Theory: Univalent Foundations of Mathematics (The HoTT Book).