Prof. Dr. Paul Kotyczka

Academic Career and Research Areas

Prof. Kotyczka (*1979) works on the port-based, cross-domain modeling of dynamical systems and their systems theory. One focus of the work in his group is the use of numerical models that consistently represent the structural properties of the underlying physics for nonlinear control design. Application areas include mechanical structures with reversible and irreversible couplings, highly flexible robotics and regenerative energy systems.

After the studies in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (2005) and his doctorate at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2010), Paul Kotyczka habilitated in the field of Automatic Control (2019), all at TUM, and was appointed adjunct professor in 2025. From 2015 to 2017, he was a researcher at the University of Lyon 1. He is program responsible of the French-German doctoral college “Port-Hamiltonian Systems: Modeling, Numerics and Control”. Since 2025 he serves as associate editor for the journal “Control Engineering Practice”.

Awards

• Teaching Awards "Goldene Lehre" (2021, 2008)
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (2015)
• Study Award of the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation (2005)