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My new web address

My university cancelled all personal web pages — and what it means for me
Nov 15, 2024 4 min read News, computers & internet

Two new research projects funded

New research projects on functional biodiversity and paleo-foodwebs
Oct 12, 2024 2 min read News

Medal Statistics in the Olympic Games: A case of power-laws?

Olympic games: a statistical analysis
Aug 12, 2024 8 min read musing

3rd Stanislaw Lem Workshop on Biodiversity and Evolution

The next iteration of our notorious series of Stanislaw Lem Workshops, March 6-9, 2023 at the WasserCluster Lunz, Austria
Feb 16, 2023 3 min read News

Project on Movement Ecology extended for a second phase

Our Collaborative Research Centre on ‘Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates’ has been extended for a seond phase
Dec 7, 2022 1 min read News

Story behind the paper: The enigmatic persistence of dissolved organic matter in the oceans

Why complex systems theory might help to better understand one of the most mysterious carbon pools in the earth system
Jun 27, 2022 14 min read Story behind the paper

Story behind the paper: Optimal stock-enhancement of a spatially distributed renewable resource

When the watering can principle is not a good idea to manage your ecosystem
May 24, 2021 10 min read Story behind the paper

Cell shape: the soul of phytoplankton

Top Story in HIFMB News letter 02/21 on phytoplankton cell shapes
Feb 24, 2021 4 min read Story behind the paper

Lectures Online

My lecture on Theoretical Community Ecology now on YouTube (only in German)
Jun 23, 2020 3 min read News

New Publication: Power-law distribution in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases

What is behind this Corona power-law?
Apr 4, 2020 8 min read COVID-19, Story behind the paper