Area of Specialization: Statistical and Biological Physics

In the module Statistical and Biological Physics you will deepen previous knowledge and specialize in astrophysics, acquire and train new skills. This includes 

• to apply concepts from physics to biological systems,
• to understand complex phenomena emerging from simple systems,
• to construct models and infer model parameters from empirical observations,
• interdisciplinary skills and interaction between experiment and theory.

The module prepares for topics of current research in statistical and biological physics and towards their own research activity within the master thesis. The module is subdivided into a core courses, specialized courses, an advanced seminar, a research internship and contains Lectures, problem classes, seminar (optional), research internship (guidance to independent research; optional).

You can find the courses on Klips.

Core courses:

• Biological Physics I: Molecules and Cells: winter semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
• Evolutionary Biology and Genomics for Physicists: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
• Biological Physics II: Systems: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
• Selected topics: Soft and Biological Matter: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
• Selected topics: Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
• Selected topics: Statistical physics of disordered systems, information, and inference: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details

Specialized courses:

• Computational soft matter physics: winter semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
• Probability theory and stochastic processes: winter semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
• Introduction to Network Science: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
• Introduction to Statistical Optics: summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
• Physics of Granular Matter: winter semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
• Physics in Medicine I: Fundamentals of Analyzing Biomedical Signals (Bonn): winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details

Advanced seminar:

• Advanced seminar on Statistical and Biological Physics: winter semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details

Advanced lab course:

• Experiment and Simulation Biological Systems: winter semester, 4.5 credit points, 3 hours per week, Details