Prof. Dr. Felix Höfling

How are macroscopic processes in complex materials determined by their nano-scale properties? Such materials include soft, active, and biological matter and porous media. Examples of our research are

• the diffusion of proteins within cells and, more generally, in heterogeneous media,
• the behaviour of water-oil mixtures at interfaces, which has potential applications in nanofluidics, and
• the spontaneous organisation of ant trails by means of communication via pheromones.

High-performance computer simulations of stochastic particle models provide us with insight into the physical mechanisms that connect the behaviour across many time and length scales. The results allow us to

• perform high precision tests of analytical predictions,
• develop new numerical methods for the data analysis,
• stimulate advancements of experimental techniques, and
• potentially discover novel physical phenomena.

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The following examples are slightly out of date, ongoing research projects can be found at Funding.