Prof. Dr. Michael Assaf

Profile

Academic position	Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fields	Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics
Keywords	large deviations, Monte-Carlo simulations, stochastic processes, population dynamics, Heterogeneous networks
Honours and awards	2020: Humboldt research fellowship for experienced researchers 2011: University of Illinois CPLC postdoctoral fellowship 2010: Fulbright post-doctoral fellowship 2010: Rothschild post-doctoral fellowship 2008: Wolf prize for outstanding PhD students

Current contact address

Country	Israel
City	Jerusalem
Institution	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Institute	Racah Institute of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ralf Metzler	Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik, Universität Potsdam, Golm
Prof. Dr. Ralf Metzler	Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam
Start of initial sponsorship	01/08/2020

Programme(s)

2019	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2022	O. 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
2022	J. Hindes, M. Assaf and Ira Schwartz: Outbreak size distribution in stochastic epidemic models. In: Physical Review Letters, 128, 2022, 078301
2022	O. 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
2022	O. 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