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Jörn Dunkel
Postdoc in Ray Goldstein's Lab
Research Fellow of Murray Edwards College

DAMTP
Centre for Mathematical Sciences
University of Cambridge
Wilberforce Road
Cambridge CB3 0WA

Room:    H0.08
Tel:      +44-(0)1223-339734
Fax:     +44-(0)1223-765900

Email:  j.dunkel"at"damtp.cam.ac.uk



Research interests [more]
  • biological physics and mathematical biology
  • hydrodynamics and transport in complex biological fluids
  • dynamics and statistical mechanics of microorganisms
  • regeneration, reproduction and aging in multicellular organisms
  • diffusion and random processes
  • stochastic finance, Monte-Carlo methods



News
  • planarian paper included in Physical Biology Highlights of 2011
  • first direct observation of a bacterial flow field (E.coli) published in PNAS

Conferences & talks
  • Physics meets Biology, Oxford, 3-5 Sep 2012
  • Swimming and Complexity at low Reynolds number, IoP London, 7-8 Jun 2012
  • Biophysics Seminar, UC Berkeley, 5 Apr 2012
  • TJP Fest: Biological Flow, Cambridge, 2-3 Apr 2012
  • Applied Mathematics Seminar, MIT, 5 Mar 2012
  • APS March Meeting, Boston, 27 Feb - 2 Mar 2012
  • DAMTP Fluid Mechanics Seminar, Cambridge, 27 Jan 2012



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Teaching
  • LT 2012 Quantum Physics. Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
  • LT 2012 Dynamics & Relativity. Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
  • MT 2011 Statistical Physics. Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
  • MT 2011 Quantum Mechanics. Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
  • LT 2011 Dynamics & Relativity. Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
  • LT 2011 Dynamics & Relativity. Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
  • 2009-2010 Quantum Mechanics. Mansfield College, University of Oxford
  • MT 2009 Mathematical Methods. Lincoln College, University of Oxford
  • MT 2009 Mathematical Methods. Mansfield College, University of Oxford
  • 2008-2009 Theoretical Physics: M Phys Option C6. Tutor, University of Oxford
  • 2007-2008 Quantum Mechanics. Teaching Assistant, Universität Augsburg
  • 2007 Mathematical Concepts II. Teaching Assistant, Universität Augsburg
  • 2006-2007 Quantum Mechanics. Teaching Assistant, Universität Augsburg



CV [pdf]
  • from 2013 Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2010-2013 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge
  • 2008-2010 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford
Education
  • 2008 Dr rer nat, Institute for Physics, Universität Augsburg
  • 2005 Dipl Math, Institute for Mathematics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • 2004 Dipl Phys, Institute for Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • 2000-2001 Visiting Student, Exeter College, University of Oxford
Fellowships & awards
  • since 2011 Research Fellow, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
  • 2011 Gustav Hertz Prize, German Physical Society (DPG) [idw]
  • 2008-2010 Junior Research Fellow, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
  • 2008 Erich Krautz Prize, Universität Augsburg [idw]
  • 2005 SCOR Actuarial Prize, SCOR Group & Universität Ulm [idw]
  • 2004 Humboldt Prize, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin [idw] [hub]
  • 2004 Lise Meitner Prize, Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • 2001-2003 Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

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