Postdoctoral Fellows

Maxime Ardre

Supervisor:

Paul Rainey

Research Interests:

David Eme

Supervisor:

Marti Anderson

Research Interests:

Macroecology and Evolution

Disentangling evolutionary/ecological processes shaping large scale biodiversity patterns using approaches spanning macroecology, phylogeography, phylogeny and population genetics.

Thomas Engl Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Feodor Lynen Research Fellow

Supervisor:

Sergej Flach

Research Interests:

Condensed Matter & Nonlinear Physics

Non-interacting quantum particles on disordered (i.e. dirty) or certain quasi-periodic lattices can get localized although classical mechanics would allow them to diffuse through the system. Particle-particle interactions however might change the situation and lead to delocalization and possibly transport through the system. I am investigating the effect of interactions on such Anderson localized systems using both analytical and numerical methods.

Oleksandr Fialko

Supervisor:

Joachim Brand

Research Interests:

Theoretical Physics

Quantum phase transitions; Quantum thermodynamics; Macroscopic quantum effects

Paul Jerabek Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Feodor Lynen Research Fellow

Supervisor:

Peter Schwerdtfeger

Research Interests:

Chemistry

Material Properties under Pressure; Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions; Computational Material Science, from Bulk to Nanoscale; Bonding Analysis in Complexes and Cluster Compounds; Simulation of X-ray Spectra (NEXAFS/XANES).

Honour McCann

Supervisor:

Paul Rainey

Research Interests:

Plant Pathology

Virulence and specificity in host-pathogen interactions;
Comparative and population genomics of bacterial plant pathogens;
Emergence and evolution of agricultural plant pathogens.

Jan Mewes Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Feodor Lynen Research Fellow

Supervisor:

Peter Schwerdtfeger

Research Interests:

Quantum Chemistry & Solid-State Physics

Lukas Pasteka

Supervisor:

Peter Schwerdtfeger

Research Interests:

Chemistry

Relativistic quantum chemistry, QED effects, excited states, electric properties, non-covalent interactions.

Philippe Remigi

Supervisor:

Paul Rainey

Research Interests:

Evolution of phenotypic heterogeneity

It is now well established that genetically identical bacteria grown in a given environment can display different phenotypes. Several examples of this phenomenon, called phenotypic heterogeneity, have been well described mechanistically but remain poorly studied from an evolutionary perspective. A previous evolution experiment conducted in the lab led to the emergence of bacterial strains that switch at high frequency between 2 distinct phenotypic states (Beaumont et al., 2009). Building on the subsequent genetic and phenotypic characterization of these strains (Gallie et al., in preparation) and in collaboration with Gayle Ferguson, I would like to explore how selection can further shape this switching behaviour.

Krista Steenbergen

Supervisor:

Peter Schwerdtfeger

Research Interests:

Computational material science (from bulk to nanoscale); thermodynamics and phase transitions; material properties under pressure; polymorphism in metals.

Lauri Toikka

Supervisor:

Joachim Brand

Research Interests:

Ultra-cold quantum gases; Dark solitons and vortices; Topological superfluids;
Spin-orbit coupling and artificial gauge fields for ultra-cold atoms.

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