Bernd Blasius is a professor for Mathematical Modelling at the University of Oldenburg. He is also a founding member of the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB).
Bernd Blasius works at the theoretical description of complex living systems at the interface of theoretical ecology and applied mathematics. Using modern tools from statistical physics, complex networks, dynamical systems theory and data science, he aims to obtain fundamental insights into the organization of living systems, but he is also concerned with the application of such concepts to specific biological systems and tangible applications.
Major research activities include such diverse fields as population dynamics and species interactions in spatially extended environments, biodiversity, bioinvasion and epidemic spread, evolution and adaptation, animal navigation and search strategies, origins of life, microbiology, and marine biogeochemistry.