(2003)
Solving the Maxwell equations by the Chebyshev method: a one-step finite-difference time-domain algorithm.
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 51,
3155-3160.
Curriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Host-pathogen interaction of human pathogenic fungi
- Automated processing of microscopic images and spectroscopy data
- Spatiotemporal computer simulations of agent-based infection models
Professional Career
| since 2021 | Professor (W3) for Applied Systems Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
| since 2011 | Head of Research Group Applied Systems Biology, Leibniz-HKI |
| 2011-2021 | Professor (W2) for Applied Systems Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
| 2005-2010 | Junior Fellow in Theoretical Immunology at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) of the Goethe University Frankfurt |
| 2001-2005 | Research assistant in Computer Physics at the University Groningen (NL) |
| 2000 | Dr. rer. nat. in Physics at the University Groningen (NL) |
| 1995 | Diploma in Physics at the University Dortmund |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
Awards
| 2011 - 2017 | Adjunct Fellow at Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) |
Appointments and Scientific Activities
| since 2023 | Board Member and Coordinator of Task Area “Bioimage Informatics” in the DFG-funded national research data management initiative “NFDI4Bioimage” |
| since 2023 | Board Member and PI in the DFG-Research Training School RTG 2723 – “Materials-Microbes-Microenvironments” |
| since 2023 | Board Member of the Beutenberg Campus e.V. “Life Science meets Physics” |
| since 2023 | Editor: PLOS Complex Systems |
| since 2023 | Editor: Biological Imaging |
| since 2022 | Coordinator of Basic Technology 3 in the BMBF-funded “Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research” |
| since 2022 | Coordinator of the BMBF-funded "Multi-Model-Simulator Project” in the funding line “Computational Life Sciences” |
| since 2021 | Deputy Coordinator of the "Jena School for Microbial Communication" |
| since 2019 | Coordinator of Research Area C – Data Synopsis in the Excellence Cluster “Balance of the Microverse” |
| since 2019 | Member of the Management Board of the Microverse Imaging Center in the Excellence Cluster “Balance of the Microverse” |
| since 2019 | Speaker and PI of Leibniz ScienceCampus “InfectoOptics” |
| since 2019 | Editor: Scientific Reports |
| since 2017 | Ombudsperson at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology |
| since 2017 | PI and member of the DFG-Collaborative Research Center 1278 PolyTarget |
| since 2017 | Editor: Cytometry A |
| since 2015 | Member: Jena Center for Soft Matter |
| since 2015 | Member: Michael Stifel Center for Data-Driven and Simulation Science |
| since 2014 | PI and member of the DFG-Collaborative Research Center 124 FungiNet |
| since 2012 | Organizer: Biennial international symposium on “Image-based Systems Biology” (IbSB) |
| since 2011 | Organizer: Biennial international symposium on “Systems Biology of Microbial Infection” (SBMI) |
| since 2011 | Faculty member and PI in the "International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and Biomolecular Interactions" |
| since 2011 | Faculty member and PI in the "Jena School for Microbial Communication" |
Publications
(2003)
Solving the time-dependent Maxwell equations by unconditionally stable algorithms.
In: Computer simulation studies in condensed-matter physics XV
pp. 205-210.Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
(2002)
Statistical model for receptor-ligand binding thermodynamics.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 66(6 Pt 1),
061901.
(2002)
Peierls instability due to the interaction of electrons with both acoustic and optical phonons in metallic carbon nanotubes.
Physical Review B 65(12),
125416.
(2002)
New unconditionally stable algorithms to solve the time-dependent Maxwell equations.
Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 2329,
803.
(2002)
Higher-order unconditionally stable algorithms to solve the time-dependent Maxwell equations.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 65(6 Pt 2),
066705.
(2001)
Peierls transition with acoustic phonons and solitwistons in carbon nanotubes.
Phys Rev Lett 86(20),
4572-4575.
(2001)
Unconditionally stable algorithms to solve the time-dependent Maxwell equations.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 64(6 Pt 2),
066705.
(2000)
Disorder and interchain interactions in Peierls systems.
In: PhD thesis, University of Groningen.
ISBN: ISBN 90-367-127.
(1999)
Disorder-induced neutral solitons in degenerate ground state polymers.
Synthetic Metals 101(1-3),
388-389.
