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Oliver Drozdowski

Research Interests

• The Physics of organoids
• Active gels and cell mechanics
• Continuum mechanics
• Statistical Physics

Short Vita

since June 2020

PhD student at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Institute for Theoretical Physics and Max Planck School Matter to Life under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz, Heidelberg, Germany

May 2020

Master of Science in Physics at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, carried out in the group of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz

2017 - 2020

Master Studies in Physics at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany

August 2016 - October 2016

Research internship via the DAAD Rise worldwide programme in Theoretical Nuclear Physics at TRIUMF (Canada's particle accelerator center), under the supervision of Dr. Jason D. Holt, Vancouver, Canada

2014 - 2017

Bachelor of Science in Physics at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany

Publications

• DNA microbeads for spatio-temporally controlled morphogen release within organoids
  Cassian Afting*, Tobias Walther*, Oliver M. Drozdowski, Chrstina Schlagheck, Ulrich S. Schwarz, Kerstin Göpfrich, Joachim Wittbrodt;
  Nat. Nanotechnol. (2024).
• Active gel model for one-dimensional cell migration coupling actin flow and adhesion dynamics
  Valentin Wössner, Oliver M. Drozdowski, Falko Ziebert, Ulrich S. Schwarz;
  New J. Phys. 26, 073039 (2024).
• Morphological instability at topological defects in a three-dimensional vertex model for spherical epithelia
  Oliver M. Drozdowski, Ulrich S. Schwarz;
  Phys. Rev. Research 6, L022045 (2024).
• Optogenetic control of migration of contractile cells predicted by an active gel model
  Oliver M. Drozdowski, Falko Ziebert, Ulrich S. Schwarz;
  Commun. Phys. 6, 158 (2023).
• Optogenetic control of intracellular flows and cell migration: A comprehensive mathematical analysis with a minimal active gel model
  Oliver M. Drozdowski, Falko Ziebert, Ulrich S. Schwarz;
  Phys. Rev. E 104, 024406 (2021).
• Precision mass measurements of magnesium isotopes and implications for the validity of the isobaric mass multiplet equation
  M. Brodeur, A. A. Kwiatkowski, O. M. Drozdowski, C. Andreoiu, D. Burdette, A. Chaudhuri, U. Chowdhury, A. T. Gallant, A. Grossheim, G. Gwinner, H. Heggen, J. D. Holt, R. Klawitter, J. Lassen, K. G. Leach, A. Lennarz, C. Nicoloff, S. Raeder, B. E. Schultz, S. R. Stroberg, A. Teigelhöfer, R. Thompson, M. Wieser, and J. Dilling;
  Phys. Rev. C 96, 034316 (2017).
• High-precision QEC-value measurement of the superallowed β+ emitter 22-Mg and an ab initio evaluation of the A=22 isobaric triplet
  M. P. Reiter, K. G. Leach, O. M. Drozdowski, S. R. Stroberg, J. D. Holt, C. Andreoiu, C. Babcock, B. Barquest, M. Brodeur, A. Finlay, M. Foster, A. T. Gallant, G. Gwinner, R. Klawitter, B. Kootte, A. A. Kwiatkowski, Y. Lan, D. Lascar, E. Leistenschneider, A. Lennarz, S. Paul, R. Steinbrügge, R. I. Thompson, M. Wieser, and J. Dilling;
  Phys. Rev. C 96, 052501(R) (2017).

Talks & Posters

• Poster: "Three-dimensional force inference in budding intestinal organoids"
  Physics of Living Matter Conference, 16.09. - 17.09.2024, Marseille, France.
• Contributed Talk: "Three-dimensional force inference in budding intestinal organoids"
  The 3DMM2O Conference 2024: 3D Cellular Systems: Synthetic Environments, Mechanobiology & Organoids, 07.04. - 11.04.2024, Schöntal monastery, Germany.
• Contributed Talk: "Morphological instability at topological defects in spherical epithelial shells"
  DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), 17.03. - 22.03.2024, Berlin, Germany.
• Contributed Talk: "Three-dimensional force inference in budding intestinal organoids"
  Life-inspired Engineering Molecular Systems Conference, 13.03. - 15.03.2024, Heidelberg, Germany.
• Poster: "Predicting optimal optogenetic control of cell migration with an active gel model"
  DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), 26.03. - 31.03.2023, Dresden, Germany.
• Contributed Talk: "A simple active gel model for optogenetic control of cell migration"
  APS March Meeting, 05.03. - 10.03.2023, Las Vegas, USA.
• Contributed Talk: "Bistability between sessile and motile solutions in a nonlinear active gel model for cell migration"
  DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), 04.09. - 09.09.2022, Regensburg, Germany.
• Contributed Talk: "Bistability between sessile and motile solutions in a nonlinear active gel model for cell migration"
  Mechanobiology in Evolution, 04.07. - 06.07.2022, Heidelberg, Germany.
• Contributed Talk: "An active gel model for optogenetic control of cell migration"
  DPG (Virtual) Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), 27.09. - 01.10.2021, Germany.
• Poster: "Optogenetic control of intracellular flows and cell migration: a minimal active gel model"
  DPG (Virtual) Spring Meeting of the Sections Biophysics and Complex Systems (BP-CPP-DY-SOE), 22.03. - 24.03.2021, Germany.

Conferences and Summer Schools

• 16.09. - 17.09.2024, Physics of Living Matter Conference, Marseille, France, (Poster)
• 07.04. - 11.04.2024, The 3DMM2O Conference 2024: 3D Cellular Systems: Synthetic Environments, Mechanobiology & Organoids, Schöntal monastery, Germany, (Contributed Talk)
• 17.03. - 22.03.2024, DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), Berlin, Germany, (Contributed Talk)
• 13.03. - 15.03.2024, Life-inspired Engineering Molecular Systems Conference, Heidelberg, Germany, (Contributed Talk)
• 26.03. - 31.03.2023, DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), Dresden, Germany, (Poster)
• 05.03. - 10.03.2023, APS March Meeting, Las Vegas, USA, (Contributed Talk)
• 04.09. - 09.09.2022, DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), Regensburg, Germany, (Contributed Talk)
• 04.07. - 06.07.2022, Mechanobiology in Evolution, Heidelberg, Germany, (Contributed Talk)
• 08.06. - 10.05.2022, EMBL-IBEC Conference: Engineering Multicellular Systems, Barcelona, Spain
• 15.05. - 18.05.2022, EMBO EMBL Symposium: Mechanobiology in development and disease, Heidelberg, Germany
• 27.09. - 01.10.2021, DPG (Virtual) Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), Germany, (Contributed Talk)
• 22.03. - 24.03.2021, DPG (Virtual) Spring Meeting of the Sections Biophysics and Complex Systems (BP-CPP-DY-SOE), Germany, (Poster)
• 21.09. - 25.09.2020, Matter to Life (virtual) Summer School, Heidelberg, Germany

Teaching activities

• Winter term 2021/2022, Head tutor for Stochastic Dynamics, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University
• Summer term 2021, Tutor for Nonlinear Dynamics, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University
• Winter term 2020/2021, Tutor for Theoretical Statistical Physics, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University
• Winter term 2019/2020, Tutor for Advanced Mathematics for Physicists III, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Heidelberg University
• Summer term 2019, Tutor for Advanced Mathematics for Physicists II, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Heidelberg University
• Winter term 2018/2019, Tutor for Advanced Analysis (Analysis III), Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Heidelberg University
• Summer term 2018, Tutor for Analysis II, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Heidelberg University
• Winter term 2017/2018, Tutor for Analysis I, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Heidelberg University

Co-supervisions

• 2023/2024, Nils Winkler, Physics Master student
• 2023/2024, Johannes Gebauer, Physics Master student
• 2023, Katharina Weber, Matter to Life rotation student with Prof. Michael Boutros group
• 2022/2023, Valentin Wössner, Physics Master student

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