Prof. Dr. Babette de Wolff

My research is in dynamical systems, with a particular emphasis on:

• Delay differential equations
• Network dynamical systems

and connections between these two topics. A central theme of my research is to develop tools and results that connect fundamental theory of dynamical systems to what is needed and used in applications.

Specific topics that I have worked on include: 

• Feedback stabilisation of periodic orbits (Pyragas control), in particular on network dynamical systems and systems with `unconventional' symmetries.
• Approximation of delay equations, in particular pseudospectral approximation as a method for numerial bifurcation analysis of delay equations.
• Phase reduction as a tool to analyse oscillator behaviour in delay-coupled networks.

• While working in Amsterdam, I was a board member of the organisation EWM-NL, which aims to foster gender equality in the Dutch mathematical community.
• In March 2024, Dimitri Breda, Jean-Philippe Lessard and myself organised the workshop `Towards rigorous results in state-dependent delay equations' at the Lorentz Center (Leiden).
• I am involved in the organisation of the semi-regular Delay Days.