Prof. Dr. Michael Assaf

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsStatistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics
Keywordslarge deviations, Monte-Carlo simulations, stochastic processes, population dynamics, Heterogeneous networks

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityPotsdam
InstitutionUniversität Potsdam
InstituteInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ralf MetzlerInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik, Universität Potsdam, Golm
Prof. Dr. Ralf MetzlerInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2020

Program(s)

2019Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2022O. Vilk, E. Aghion, R. Nathan, S. Toledo, R. Metzler and M. Assaf: Classification of anomalous diffusion in animal movement data using power spectral analysis. In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 55, 2022, 334004
2022J. Hindes, M. Assaf and Ira Schwartz: Outbreak size distribution in stochastic epidemic models. In: Physical Review Letters, 128, 2022, 078301
2022O. Vilk, D. Campos, V. Méndez, E. Lourie, R. Nathan and M. Assaf: Phase transition in non-Markovian animal exploration model with preferential returns. In: Physical Review Letters, 128, 2022, 148301
2022O. Vilk, E. Aghion, T. Avgar, C. Beta, O. Nagel, A. Sabri, R. Sarfati, D. K Schwartz, M. Weiss, D. Krapf, R. Nathan, R. Metzler and M. Assaf: Unravelling the origins of anomalous diffusion: from molecules to migrating storks. In: Physical Review Research, 4, 2022, 033055