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MCell and DReAMM People: Markus Dittrich

Markus Dittrich, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Education
Diploma in Physics, University of Regensburg (Germany)
Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Role at PSC
Group Leader

Dr. Dittrich earned his Diploma in Physics in 2000 from the University of Regensburg, Germany, and his Ph.D. in Physics from the UIUC in 2005, working in the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at the Beckman Institute. His research interests broadly lie in a better qualitative and quantitative understanding of living system using computational approaches. He has an extensive background in molecular and cellular modeling and scientific software development. His current research focus is on using MCell simulations to study the structure and function of synapses.

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