Research

Pattern Formation can be found in a huge variety of natural systems. Perturbations of out of equilibrium systems often initiate the process of pattern formation. The interplay of the environment with these spatio-temporal structures by some forcing, e.g.,  advection by chaotic flows, modulations of light intensity or other fluctuations, drastically alterates their evolution.  We study the principles that drive these processes using a variety of different approaches.

Coronary artheries
    
Vestibular system
    
Applications in oncology

Our current research focuses on regional climate modeling, particularly of the water cycle, land-surface modeling and hydrology modeling. We address the climate system in an integrated manner, with coupled models of the groundwater, surface water (snow, rivers and lakes), soil and vegetation and the atmosphere. We work as well on atmospheric modeling for wind power applications (high resolution, Large Eddy Simulations, statistical approaches to obtain a wind atlas for a region, etc). Furthermore, we study mixing and transport in ocean currents from models and observations.