Research interests
Catherine Bandle's research at the University of Basel focuses on elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations, calculus of variations and geometric analysis. The focus is on qualitative analysis, e.g. the study of nonlinear phenomena such as the existence and stability of solutions, the explosion of solutions of reaction-diffusion equations and the connection between calculus and optimal forms in geometry.
The results have been published in about 160 articles in scientific journals and in two monographs. The most recent publication appeared in 2023.
| 1975 - 2003 | Professor of Analysis, University of Basel |
| 1970 - 1974 | Postdoctoral researcher in the USA, lecturer at ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne, habilitation in mathematics at ETH Zurich |
| 1962 - 1970 | Studied mathematics and physics at ETH Zurich |
Professional activities
Member of the organizing committees of several European and US conferences and workshops, including two on "Women in Mathematics". Member of the editorial boards of mathematical journals and the steering committee of the ESF project "Global and Geometric Aspects of Nonlinear Differential Equations".
Activities in associations
| 1991 - 1995 | First President of the "Women Professors of the University of Basel" |
| 1996 - 2002 | President of the "Swiss Association of University Women" |
| 1995 - 2002 | President of the "Ostrowski Foundation for an International Prize in Higher Mathematics" |