Dr. Christoph A. Weber
Dr. Christoph A. Weber
Group Leader of "Mesoscopic Physics of Life"
E-Mail: weber[at]pks.mpg(dot)de
Research interests
Phase transitions in biological systems
Mechanisms of intra-cellular organization
Physical principles underlying the origin of life
CV
| Mar 2018 - | Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems and the Center for System Biology, Dresden |
| Apr 2016 - Feb 2018 | Postdoc in the Group of Prof. L. Mahadevan at Harvard University, Cambridge |
| Aug 2013 - Feb 2016 | Postdoc in the Group of Prof. Frank Jülicher at the Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden |
| Oct 2009 - Jul 2013 | Ph.D. in physics (summa cum laude) on Modeling Propelled Particle Systems in 2d at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, supervised by Prof. Erwin Frey |
| Mar 2009 - Oct 2009 | Project work in the group of Prof. Erwin Frey and collaboration with the group of Prof. Joachim Rädler |
| Dec 2008 | Certificate Biophysics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich |
| Dec 2007 - Dec 2008 | Diploma thesis on Modeling of Free-Flow Electrophoresis and collaboration with Becton Dickinson |
| Oct 2005 - Dec 2008 | Diploma in Physics with honor (1.0) at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich |
| Oct 2003 - Oct 2005 | Intermediate Diploma in Physics (1.1) at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich |
| Sep 1996 - Jun 2003 | Abitur at Gymnasium Kirchheim, Munich |
Supervision
PHD candidates
Sept 2017 - present Jun 2016 - present | Nick Derr (Harvard University, Cambridge) David C. Fronk (Harvard University, Cambridge) |
| Oct 2016 - present | Siheng Chen (Harvard University, Cambridge |
| Mar 2015 - present | Omar Adame (Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden): |
| Dec 2013 - May 2018 | Wolfram Pönisch (Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden) |
| Sept 2013 - Sept 2018 | Samuel Krüger (Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden) |
Master/Graduates
| Mar 2014 - Dec 2015 | Felix Maria Kempf (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich): Defects in a Flocking Model at High Density |
| Nov 2011 - Dec 2012 | Simon Weber (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich): Phase Separation of Two Species with different Activity |
| Sept 2011 - Sept 2012 | Timo Hanke (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich): Collective Dynamics of Soft Active Colloids through Binary Scattering |
| Sept 2010 - Oct 2011 | Christopher Bock (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich): Active matter at high densities |
Bachelor/Undergraduates
| May 2011 - July 2012 | Benedikt Hoock (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich): Onset of horizontal motion of vibrated polar disks |
| Jun 2010 - Aug 2010 | Timo Hanke (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich): Ordering by repulsive interaction |
| Apr 2010 - Jun 2010 | Michael Hartmann (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich): Hydrodynamic scattering of driven particles on a wall |
| Mar 2009 - May 2009 | Alej Zielinski (Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich): Chemical cell trapping in controlled alternating gradient fields |