Graduated in June 2011


Doctoral Thesis Project
Unicellular Parasite Motility: A Quantitative Perspective


Doctoral Thesis Committee

• Pfohl, Thomas, Dr. - Dynamics of Biological Matter (MPI-ds)


• Geisel, Theo, Prof. Dr. - Nonlinear Dynamics (MPI-ds, Uni-Phy)


• Schild, Detlev, Prof. Dr. Dr. - Neurophysiology and Cellular Biophysics (Uni-Med)

University Education

• 11/2008-06/2011 Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization/ University of Göttingen / GGNB program Physics of Biological and Complex Systems


• 01/2003-12/2004 University of Toronto, Canada, Master in Biomedical Engineering, thesis: "Simulation and Implementation of a Non-inverting Genetic Amplifier"


• 09/1998-04/2002 McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Bachelor in Life Sciences

Publications

• Zaburdaev V, Uppaluri S, Pfohl T, Engstler M, Friedrich R, Stark H. Langevin dynamics deciphers the motility pattern of swimming parasites. Phys Rev Lett 2011;106(20), [4 pages]