Two new postdocs joined the group

We are excited to announce that Cathelijne ter Burg and Oliver Paulin joined the group as postdocs last week!

Cathelijne obtained her Ph.D. degree at Ecole Normal Superieure (ENS) Paris where she worked on disordered systems and avalanche dynamics with Prof. Kay Wiese. She then moved to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at Cambridge University for a 1 year postdoc in the group of Prof. Mike Cates, where she worked with dr. Ronojoy Adhikari on stochastic dynamics, in particular the tubular ensemble to quantify path probabilities and studying this in the context of underdamped dynamics. In our group, Cathelijne will study active processes in biomolecular condensates and associated thermodynamic constraints.

Oliver previously studied for his Masters and D.Phil (PhD) degrees at the University of Oxford. Broadly, he is interested in fluid dynamics and soft matter physics, and their application to both biological and geophysical systems. During his D.Phil, he studied multiphase fluid flow through soft porous media, with a specific focus on the formation and collapse of ‘non-wetting cavities’ in poroelastic materials. His current research concerns phase separation in soft systems, with application to the behaviour of biomolecular condensates in cells. In his free time, Oliver can be found running around the hills and forests surrounding Göttingen.