CV

CV

Personal Information

  • Full name: Thomas Franz Speckhofer
  • Born: 2000
  • Citizenship: Austrian

Contact Information

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada

Email: tspeck@yorku.ca
Homepage: https://speckhofer.github.io

Research Interests

  • Banach space theory: factorization of operators; structure, geometry and local theory of Banach spaces
  • Computer algebra: D-algebraic functions

Positions

  • 07/2025–: Postdoctoral Visitor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto
  • 04/2025–06/2025: Scientific project member, Institute for Algebra, Johannes Kepler University Linz, FWF project 10.55776/PAT9952223 “Algorithms for D-Algebraic Functions”
  • 11/2021–03/2025: Scientific project member, Institute of Analysis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, FWF project I5231000 “Nonreflexive Function Spaces: Fourier v. Martingale Approach”

Education

11/2022–03/2025: Ph.D. in Mathematics (with distinction)

08/2021–10/2022: Diploma in Mathematics in Natural Sciences (with distinction)

10/2018–08/2021: Bachelor’s degree in Technical Mathematics (with distinction)

  • Johannes Kepler University Linz
  • Advisor: Paul F.X. Müller
  • Thesis: Weyl Inequalities

Publications

Talks

Teaching Experience

Instructor, York University

  • Fall 2025: Differential Calculus with Applications, ~140 students

Teaching Assistant, Johannes Kepler University Linz

  • Summer 2025: Analysis 2, discussion rounds
  • Winter 2024/25: Analysis 1, discussion rounds
  • Summer 2024: Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry 2, exercise sessions and discussion rounds
  • Winter 2023/24: Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry 1, exercise sessions and discussion rounds
  • Summer 2022 and 2023: Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry 2, grader
  • Winter 2021/22 and 2022/23: Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry 1, grader
  • Summer 2020 and 2021:** Algebra for Computer Scientists, grader and leader of discussion rounds

Academic Outreach and Services

  • 03/2023: I held a workshop on sequences, recurrences and series for highschool students at “JKU Young Mathematics Scientists”.
  • 2018–: I am involved in the preparation of highschool students for mathematical olympiads by contributing to the training course which I used to attend myself as a student.

Awards

  • 2025: York-Fields Postdoctoral Fellowship (awarded by York University, CAD 6,250)
  • 2025: JKU Young Researchers’ Award (for my PhD thesis, endowed with € 600)
  • 2023: Recognition Award (Würdigungspreis) of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research for the best Diploma/Master’s degrees (endowed with € 3,000)
  • 2018-2022: Merit scholarships of Johannes Kepler University Linz (awarded in recognition of outstanding academic achievement) for the four academic years from 2018/2019 to 2021/2022, endowed with € 750–1,500 per year.
  • 2018: Dr. Hans Riegel Specialist Prize and Erwin Wenzl Recognition Prize for my pre-scientific thesis on Geometric Probability (part of the Austrian Matura exam/highschool graduation)
  • 2015–2018: Prizes at Regional and National Competitions of the Austrian Mathematical Olympiad: https://www.math.aau.at/OeMO/Ergebnisse/Person/715; participation in the Middle European Mathematical Olympiad in Vilnius.

Other Achievements

Languages

  • German (native)
  • English (full professional working proficiency)
  • Italian (fluent)
  • Latin (proficient)