Prof. Dr. Dirk Brockmann
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NameMr Prof. Dr. Dirk Brockmann
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Research Priorities
complex dynamical phenomena in biological and social systems such as
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spread of human and animal infectious diseases
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information processing in social insects
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dynamic patterns in antibiotic resistance combinations in bacterial pathogens
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pathogen evolution on large spatial scales
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phylogeography
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contact dynamics in human populations and related phenomena
Curriculum Vitae
| since 2023 |
Director of the Center Synergy of Systems (SynoSys), TUD Dresden University of Technology |
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| since 2023 | Professor for Biology of Complex Systems, TUD Dresden University of Technology |
| since 2023 | External Faculty Member, Vienna Complexity Hub |
| since 2013 | External Faculty Member, Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems, Northwestern University, IL, USA |
| 2022–2023 | Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2013–2023 | Professor for Research on Complex Systems, Department of Biology, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2014 - 2023 | Head of Project Group P4 “Epidemiological Modelling of Infectious Diseases”, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin |
| 2013–2023 | Faculty Member of Integrative Research Institute (IRI) for Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2009–2013 | Affiliate Faculty Member, Transportation Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL USA |
| 2008–2013 | Faculty Member, Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems, Northwestern University, IL, USA |
| 2006–2007 | Group Leader, Complex Systems Group, Department of Nonlinear Dynamics Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen |
| 2003–2006 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Nonlinear Dynamics, Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen |
| 2003 | PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Theoretical Physics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Thesis: “Superdiffusion in Scale-Free Inhomogeneous Environments” (summa cum laude) |
| 1996–2003 | Doctoral Student, Department of Nonlinear Dynamics, Georg-August-Universität and Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen |
| 1995 | Diploma in Theoretical Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen |
| 1990–1995 | Graduate Studies, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen |
| 1988–1990 | Undergraduate Studies, Duke University, USA |
Publications (10 most cited)
Brockmann D, Hufnagel L, Geisel T. The scaling laws of human travel. Nature. 2006;439(7075):462-465. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature04292
Hufnagel L, Brockmann D, Geisel T. Forecast and control of epidemics in a globalized world. PNAS. 2004;101(42):15124-15129. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0308344101
Brockmann D, Helbing D. The hidden geometry of complex, network-driven contagion phenomena. Science. 2013;342(6164):1337-1342. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1245200
Maier BF, Brockmann D. Effective containment explains subexponential growth in recent confirmed COVID-19 cases in China. Science. 2020;368(6492):742-746. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb4557
Helbing D, Brockmann D, Chadefaux T, et al. Saving human lives: What complexity science and information systems can contribute. Journal of Statistical Physics. 2015;158(3):735-781. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10955-014-1024-9
Belik V, Geisel T, Brockmann D. Natural human mobility patterns and spatial spread of infectious diseases. Physical Review X. 2011;1(1):011001. https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevX.1.011001
Lemey P, Rambaut A, Bedford T, et al. Unifying viral genetics and human transportation data to predict the global transmission dynamics of human influenza H3N2. PLoS Pathogens. 2014;10(2):e1003932. https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1003932
Thiemann C, Theis F, Grady D, Brune R, Brockmann D. The structure of borders in a small world. PLOS ONE. 2010;5(11):e15422. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015422
Schlosser F, Maier BF, Jack O, Hinrichs D, Zachariae A, Brockmann D. COVID-19 lockdown induces disease-mitigating structural changes in mobility networks. PNAS. 2020;117(52):32883-32890. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2012326117
Brockmann D. Human mobility and spatial disease dynamics. Reviews of nonlinear dynamics and complexity. 2009;2:1-24. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527628001#page=1