Luther, Stefan, Prof. Dr.

Head of Biomedical Physics Group


  • since 2016 DZHK-Professor, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UMG, Germany
  • 2016-2018 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston MA, USA
  • 2009-2012 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA
  • since 2008 Honorarprofessor, Faculty of Physics, University of Göttingen, Germany
  • since 2007 Max Planck Research Group leader (W2, tenured since 2013), Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany
  • 2004-06 Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  • 2001-04 Postdoctoral Associate, University of Twente, Enschede, NL
  • 2000 PhD, Georg-August-University, Goettingen
  • 1997 Diplom in Physics, Georg-August-University Goettingen


Major Research Interests

  • Data driven modeling of cardiac dynamics
  • Time series analysis of cardiovascular biodata
  • Spatio-temporal chaos in the heart
  • Electromechanical waves and instabilities in cardiac tissue

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