Monday, 12 October, 2015

Welcome!

Prof. Chase Broedersz joins CeNS as a new member

 

Professor Chase Broedersz studies the theoretical principles of living matter. A central question of his research is how functional behavior in biological systems emerges from the collective dynamics of its constituents. The main research topics of the Broedersz group range from the organization of the bacterial chromosome, to non-equilibrium dynamics in biological systems, to the mechanics and motility of cells. As an undergraduate Professor Chase Broedersz studied Physics at the VU Amsterdam. There, he also obtained a PhD in Theoretical Physics with Professor Fred MacKintosh, specializing in soft living matter. The central focus of his PhD work was the physics of biopolymer assemblies. In 2011 he moved to Princeton University as a Lewis-Sigler Theory Fellow, where he investigated chromosome organization and segregation in bacteria, and non-equilibrium dynamics in biological systems. Since the fall of 2015 he has been leading a group as a W2 professor at the LMU Munich in theoretical statistical and biological physics.

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