Jörn Dunkel

Jörn Dunkel is a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, affiliated with the MATH department. He joined the mathematics faculty as Assistant Professor in 2013, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018, received tenure in 2020, and was promoted to Full Professor in 2022. In 2023, he was appointed MathWorks Professor of Mathematics, succeeding Gil Strang. His research focuses on self-organization processes in complex biological and physical systems, including bacterial biofilms, embryonic tissues, brain dynamics, and global trade networks. His group develops mathematical models to describe and predict the behavior of non-equilibrium systems.

Jörn Dunkel is a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, focusing on complex systems, mathematical biology, active matter, soft matter, and biophysics. His work explores the dynamics of living fluids, bacterial turbulence, and the interplay between fluid mechanics and biological systems. Dunkel investigates phenomena such as ciliary interactions, rheotaxis in sperm cells, and the emergence of order in growing biofilms. His research also extends to relativistic thermodynamics and the statistical mechanics of active matter. By combining theoretical and computational approaches, Dunkel contributes to understanding the physical principles underlying biological processes.