Meike Annika Schweisfurth

EDUCATION

College / University:
2007 – 2008: Darwin College , University of Cambridge
2004 – 2007: University of Göttingen

Highest Degree:
Certificate of Advanced Studies of Mathematics (CASM)

Major Subjects:
Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Projects / Research:
2008: Cambridge Essay about Rayleigh-Bénard convection, a problem in hydrodynamic systems

Scholarships:
2008 – 2009: Stipend of the Excellence Foundation for the Promotion of the Max Planck Society
2007 – 2008: Cambridge European Trust, Hölderlin-Stipendium der Allianz, DAAD Europäisches Exzellenzprogramm
since 2005: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
since 2004: e-fellows.net-online scholarship

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS:

During my mathematical studies I got very interested in dynamical systems and their applications in physics, chemistry, and biology. Now I really want to understand the dynamics of the processes in the brain, both from a mathematically and a biologically point of view. One day I would like to be part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers that try to develop the young field of neuroscience, certainly for the sake of knowledge, perhaps even for the sake of medical purposes!