© Kathrin Hauser
© Prof. Dr. Yuval Ebenstein
Principal Investigator
I am interested in the self-organized dynamics of living systems and their noisy response to external mechanochemical stimuli. To study the dynamics of systems such as chromatin, biomolecular condensates, cells and tissues, as well as the immune response, I develop and apply the methods of theoretical biophysics, statistical mechanics, and dynamical systems theory. I study both deterministic and stochastic systems with a combination of analytical “pen & paper” calculations and numerical simulations using kinetic Monte Carlo algorithms, Brownian dynamics simulations, and Finite Element methods. My current research elucidates the conformational dynamics of active polymers, the co-phase separation dynamics of proteins in the presence of energy-consuming processes, and the innate immune response.