Members
and collaborators
Current team members
Team leader
Sara Merino-Aceituno, University of Vienna. Funded by WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund) and FWF.
PhD students
Claudia Wytrzens, University of Vienna. Funded by WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund)
Carmela Moschella, University of Vienna, SMICH DK doctoral program funded by FWF.
Post-docs
Léo Meyer, University of Vienna. Funded by WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund) and FWF.
Gianluca Favre, University of Vienna. Funded by FWF (The Austrian Science Fund).
Master students
Jadwiga Mercik, Phase transitions in nematic alignment.
Francisca Fernandez De Retana Collective motion with oscillatory speed.
Antonia Zeilinger, Vicsek dynamics with confining potential.
Flora Phillip, Run and tumble model without instantaneous tumbling.
Previous team members
Previous PhD students
Antoine Diez, Imperial College London (second supervisor – main supervisor is Pierre Degond), currently post-doc position at the University of Kyoto with Prof. Seirin-Lee.
Steffen Plunder, PhD funded by WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund), currently post-doc position at the University of Kyoto with Prof. Seirin-Lee.
Previous Postdocs:
Havva Yoldas, 2021-22 (funded by WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund)) - currently on a tenure track at the University of Delft.
Raphael Winter, 2022-23 (Funded by FWF (The Austrian Science Fund)) - currently on a tenured position (lecturer) at the University of Cardiff.
Master students
Judith Staudner, Phase transitions in collective motion in a fluid, 2020.
Sarah Waisnix, Coarse-graining swimmers with obstacles, University of Vienna, 2021.
Vivian Obernosterer, Mean-fields for nematic models, 2023.
Peter Hirvonen, A two-species model for collective dynamics, 2023.
Interns
Vianney Brouard, ENS Lyon – 11 weeks. Funded by WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund)
Collaborators
Mathematicians
Pierre Degond, CNRS Toulouse, France.
Amic Frouvelle, CEREMADE, Universite Paris Dauphine.
Sabine Hittmeir, University of Vienna, Austria.
Marc Briant, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Diane Peurichard, INRIA Paris, France.
Marina A. Ferreira, University of Helsinki.
Sophie Hetch, INRIA Paris, France.
Angelika Manhart, University College London, UK.
Christian Schmeiser, University of Vienna, Austria.
Antoine Diez, Imperial College London, UK.
Pedro Aceves Sanchez, UCLA, USA.
Biologists
Christa Bücker, Max Perutz Lab, Austria.
Shotaro Otsuka, Max Perutz Labs, Austria.
Eric Theveneau, University of Toulouse, France.
Jean-Paul Vincent, Francis Crick Insitute, UK.
Sakurako Nagumo Wong, IMBA, University of Vienna, Austria.
Experimental physicists
Amalio Fernández-Pacheco, CSIC, Spain.