Prof. Dr. Benjamin Lindner

The Theory of Complex Systems and Neurophysics Group focuses on novel analytical and numerical approaches for stochastic systems but also cultivates experimental collaborations to test predictions and to seek new challenges. Theoretical efforts in Neurophysics are devoted to three distinct problems: 

(i) the spontaneous firing statistics of stochastic neurons; 

(ii) the principles of signal transmission and detection in neural systems; 

(iii) the dynamics of populations and recurrent networks of spiking neurons.

Beyond those topics, they have also made key contributions to models of social dynamics, active particle models, pursuit problems, models of oto-acoustic emissions in the inner ear, the stochastic dynamics of organelles in cells, calcium spiking in cells, transport- and diffusion problems, and the notion of phase and amplitude for stochastic oscillators.