"Remain playful as your responsibilities increase. It's easy to become serious when people and results depend on you, but nearly everyone's performance improves when they proceed lightly through the world."
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Head of Chair
Marc Timme, Prof. Dr. rer. nat., MATU Dresden Strategic Professor and Chair for Network Dynamics, bridging the cfaed with the Institute for Theoretical Physics. Marc is interested in building mathematical, conceptual and algorithmic foundations towards an understanding of the collective nonlinear dynamics of networks and complex systems. Applications fields include biological and bio-inspired technical systems, future-compliant mobility and energy systems, network economy & sustainability as well as network inverse problems of inference, design, and control. Enjoys swimming, hiking, philosophy -- and science. Twitter: @MarcTimme Research inquiries:
e-mail: marc.timme |
Secretaries
Manuela Merkel
Secretary, primary contact
E-Mail: manuela.merkel
Phone: +49 351 463 39922
Barkhausen-Bau, Helmholtzstr. 18
BAR IV69
Anke Vetter
Secretary, teaching inquiries
E-Mail: anke.vetter
Phone: +49 351 463 33846
Bürogebäude Zellescher Weg, Zellescher Weg 17
Room BZW A110
Senior Researchers
Dr. rer. nat. Seungjae Lee
Senior Researcher
E-Mail: seungjae.lee
Phone: +49 351 463 43975
Originally from S. Korea, studied at Technische Universität München in Bayern. Interested in dynamical systems, stability analysis, collective phenomena and dimension reduction methods in a system of coupled oscillators, and mathematical physics. Enjoys watching baseball (LG Twins)/ football (FC Bayern München) games and also interested in biographies of physicists and mathematicians.
Dr. rer. nat. Philip Marszal
Senior Researcher
E-Mail: philip.marszal
Joined in 2018. From Germany, studied Physics in Göttingen. Current interests include nonlinear dynamics, collective dynamics, pattern formation and statistical mechanics of human behavior with a focus on human mobility. Main research revolves around mobility systems exhibiting emergent collective behaviour. Enjoys programming, reading, learning and nature.
Dr. rer. nat. Malte Schröder
Senior researcher, Head of Research Team "Collective dynamics of sustainable mobility"
E-Mail: malte.schroeder
Phone: +49 351 463 43976
From Germany, studied at the University and the MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, joined in March 2018. Research Interest include statistical physics of network formation, percolation and phase transitions in these models as well as collective dynamics on networks, synchronization and especially the impact of optimization and economic constraints on these systems. Enjoys board games, all kinds of puzzles and cycling.
Research Associates
M.Sc. Ventsislava Kaykieva
E-Mail: ventsislava.kaykieva
From Bulgaria, trained as an environmental scientist in Halle and Dresden, with a postgraduate degree in project management. Joined in June 2020. Currently focusing on the complex world of nonlinear dynamics and its applications. Enjoys cooking and baking, reading fiction, caring for plants and talking nonsense in English.
Dr. rer. nat. Xiaozhu Zhang
From China, trained as an engineer in Shanghai and as a physicist in Göttingen. Joined in February 2018 and now working primarily as an associate professor in Tongji University in Shanghai. Current research interests include dynamic network responses, pattern formation, and self-organization in collective behaviours. Enjoys music and gardening.
PhD Students
M.Sc. Georg Börner
E-Mail: georg.boerner
From Cologne, Germany. Studied physics in Dresden and Leipzig. Current research interests: network reconstruction, bio-inspired computing and data security in AI systems. Enjoys playing musical instruments, reading, cooking, and building things.
M.Sc. Julian Luca Fleck
E-Mail: julian_luca.fleck
From Germany, studies Physics in Dresden. Interested in nonlinear dynamics and predicting tipping points in dynamical systems. Enjoys playing table tennis, spending time with friends and visiting art museums.
M.Sc. Felix Jung
E-Mail: felix.jung
From Germany, studied Physics in Göttingen. Hands-on experience in operating ridepooling systems. Now focused on gaining insight into fundamental principles of individual human mobility. Broadly interested in social physics. Enjoys programming and being outdoors, hiking, biking and climbing.
M.Sc. Christoph Steinacker
E-Mail: christoph.steinacker
From Germany, studied in Dresden and Pohang (South Korea). Joined in October 2019. Current research interests include mobility, especially improving the bikeability of cities. Enjoys video games, movies and music.
M.Sc. Paul Wilhelm
E-Mail: paul.wilhelm
From Dresden, joined in May 2018. Interested in neural networks and sensory processing. Enjoys biking and rap music.
Master students, Bachelor students, student workers
Lucas Braun
Research Associate
From Ulm, Germany. Joined in October 2024. Interested in Nonlinear Dynamics, especially synchronization phenomena. Enjoys reading books and folding origami.
B.Sc. Marisa Fischer
Master student
From Germany, studies physics in Dresden. Joined in July 2024 and researches response dynamics of driven coupled nonlinear systems. Enjoys hiking, reading and playing the violin.
B.Sc. Jasper Kirch
Master student
From Frankfurt, Germany. Studies theoretical physics in Dresden and doing his master thesis on inferring network structure from time series data. Enjoys cycling, being outdoors and drinking coffee.
Pierre Naguib
Student Assistant
From Weimar, Germany. Studies physics in Dresden and joined May 2024. Current research involves investigating the origin of life and how evolution is fundamentally influenced by recombination. Enjoys programming, musical instruments and swimming.
Eric Wiese
Student Assistant
From Germany. Studies physics in Dresden joined July 2024. Interrested in theoretical physics and scientific calculations. Enjoys chess, cooking and rap music.
B.Sc. Hannes Wolf
Master student
From Germany, studies physics in Dresden. Joined in March 2025 and researches self-organized, informal public transport. Enjoys philosophy, hiking, and martial arts.
Alumni
| M. Sc. Raoul Schmidt (2019-2025), PhD, now working at d-fine |
| M.Sc. Moritz Thümler (2019-2025), PhD |
| B.Sc. Lennart Kuklinski (2023-2024), Master student |
| M.Sc. Kush Mohan Mittal (2019-2024), PhD |
| M.Sc. Verena Krall (2019-2024), PhD, now trainee at the office of university and science communications of the University of Freiburg |
| B.Sc. Gwendolyn Quasebarth (2024), Master student |
| B.Sc. Henrik Wolf (2024), Master student |
| B.Sc. Antonia Berger (2023), Master student |
| M.Sc. David Storch (2018-2021), PhD |
| M.Sc. David Stein (2021-2022), Research Associate |
| M.Sc. Leif Sörensen (2021-2022), Research Associate |
| M.Sc. Andreas Bossert (2021-2022), Research Associate |
| B.Sc. Benjamin Köhler (2022-2023), Master student |
| Dr.rer.nat. Fábio Schittler Neves (2018-2022), PostDoc, now researcher at Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics |
| M.Sc. Charlotte Lotze (2019-2023), PhD |
| Dr. Rahul O R (2020-2022), Postdoc, now researcher at the European Centre for Living Technology in Venice |
| Dr. Jan Schlüter (2021-2022), Postdoc |
| Dr. rer. nat. Jose Casadiego (2018-2019), Postdoc |
| Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Schäfer (2018-2019), Postdoc |
| M.Sc. Guosong Lin (2018-2021), PhD |
| B.Sc. Stefan Koch (2022), Master student |
| B.Sc. Leander Haase (2022), Master student |
| B.Sc. Benjamin Sauer (2021-2022), Master student, now at d-fine |
| Moritz Piepel (2022-2023), Bachelor student |
| Jakob Lindermeir (2021-2022), Bachelor student |
| Thanh-Tien Tenh Cong (2020), SHK |
| B.Sc. Robin Zech (2020), Master student |
| B.Sc. Arash Akrami (2019-2020), Master student |
| B.Sc. Max Bolle (2020), Master student |
| M.Sc. Thomas Gaskin (2022), Guest |