Invited Speakers

Eberhard Bodenschatz studies the fundamental physics of active complex systems. He works on fluid physics ranging from microfluidics to turbulence and cloud physics, and on dynamical self-organisation in cellular biophysics from cells to organs, as well as in bottom-up synthetic biology. He applies the knowledge gained from these fundamental research activities to both natural and engineered systems, investigating how turbulence and thermal convection affect cloud physics, as well as how to create artificial cells, engineer heart muscle, and develop strategies for treating human cardiac arrhythmias.  He is Scientific Director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation in Göttingen, Germany, Professor of Physics at the University of Göttingen, and Adjunct Professor of Physics and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University, USA.  He was Chairman of the Chemistry, Physics, and Technology Section of the Max Planck Society. He is an elected member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Academy of Sciences of Lower Saxony, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a Fellow of the APS, Euromech, EPS, and IOP. He is the recipient of the Corrsin Award of the Division of Fluid Mechanics of the American Physical Society.