Reinhard Laubenbacher

Reinhard Laubenbacher joined the University of Florida in May 2020 as a professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. He is the director of the Laboratory for Systems Medicine. Prior to joining UF, he served as director of the Center for Quantitative Medicine and Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Concurrently, he held an appointment as Professor of Computational Biology at the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine. He is a fellow of the AAAS, the Society for Mathematical Biology, and the American Mathematical Society. Reinhard is a mathematician by training, and his broad research interests lie in computational and mathematical systems biology, with applications to human health. Most of his research is in collaboration with a broad spectrum of scientists and clinicians. Using his background in algebra and topology, he brought concepts from computational algebra and combinatorial topology to bear on problems in biology and biomedicine.

MPI Leipzig has a great atmosphere for informal discussions and scientific exchange and is a perfect place to learn new mathematics with the potential for applications in a variety of fields. And, of course, the Leipziger Allerlei is a big draw. When not at work, Reinhard enjoys motorcycling and watching alligators.