Overview
Teaching Experience & Approach
Marcus Greferath holds a Habilitation — the German academic qualification certifying the independent ability to lead a subject in research and teaching at the highest level. With more than 30 years of university-level teaching experience across Germany, the USA, Finland, and Ireland, he has developed and delivered courses at all academic levels, from first-year service courses to advanced graduate seminars.
His teaching integrates modern web-based tools such as WeBWorK for interactive, formative assessment in undergraduate courses, supplemented by online learning materials.
Graduate Level
Graduate Courses
- GRAD Algebraic Coding Theory
- GRAD Modern Algebra (Rings and Modules)
- GRAD Computational Algebra
Undergraduate Level
Undergraduate Courses
- MATH10220 Mathematics for Computer Science II
- MATH10260 Linear Algebra for Engineers
- MST30010 Group Theory and Applications
- UG Discrete Mathematics
- UG Introduction to Cryptography
- UG Coding Theory
- UG Mathematics for Business and Commerce
Curriculum Development
Teaching Innovation
- Design and delivery of graduate courses in Coding Theory and Modern Algebra at UCD, Aalto University, and San Diego State University
- Integration of WeBWorK platform for online, automated homework and formative assessment in undergraduate courses
- Development of online course materials adapted to blended and remote learning environments
- Summer school lectures: Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (June 2004) — graduate summer school, "Lectures on Algebraic Coding Theory over Rings"
- Intensive course in Sofia, Bulgaria (April 2001) — "Algebraic Coding Theory" at the Center of Excellence of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Research Training
Thesis Supervision
Post-Doctoral Fellows
- Dr. Vitaly Skachek (Dublin, 2007–2010)
- Dr. Jens Zumbrägel (Dublin, 2009–2012)
- Dr. Oliver Gnilke (Helsinki, 2015–2018)
- Dr. Marzieh Arabi-Kakavand (Helsinki, 2017–2019)
Ph.D. Students
- Andreas Kendziorra (Dublin, 2009–2012)
- Cathy McFadden (Dublin, 2007–2013)
- Oliver Gnilke (Dublin, 2010–2014)
- Ferdinand Blomqvist (Helsinki, 2015–2020)
- Negin Karimi (Helsinki, 2017–2020)
MSc / BSc Students
- T. Mügge (Duisburg, 2002)
- S. Sach (Duisburg, 2003)
- R. Therkelsen (San Diego, 2004)
- M. Curran (Dublin, 2007)
- C. Liao (Dublin, 2012)
- S. O'Connor (Dublin, 2013)