Department: Chemistry Faculty Adviser: William Jacobs Year of Study: G3 Undergraduate School: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
I grew up in the southwest of Germany in a small village surrounded by vineyards and, honestly, just vineyards, a lot of vineyards. I did my Bachelor s and Master s degrees in Chemistry at the JGU Mainz, where I specialized in polymer and theoretical chemistry. While for my Bachelor s thesis, I spent a lot of time synthesizing molecules in the lab, my Master s thesis was mainly simulation-based. I am researching how chemical reactions impact the assembly of sophisticated structures in toy models and, subsequently, biology.
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Every physical chemistry or thermodynamics curriculum is all about equilibrium. This concept is highly important, but it does not apply to many real-world systems. Our bodies, for example, are systems that are inherently out of equilibrium. How does that work on a molecular level? What does it mean for processes like self-assembly in cells, translation, and transcription to not be in equilibrium? We are trying to model these systems using computer simulations. We then develop theories that describe how the molecular building blocks of life behave in non-equilibrium environments.
Interested in participating in Summer 2027 ReMatch+ program.
