Teaching

I am very enthusiastic about teaching and I pursue it as often as possible.
Here is the list of courses I have tutored in the University of Heidelberg
and their content.
In many cases I have also participated in the design of the course itself.

Computer Modelling of Proteins

A praktikum designed by me and a team of colleagues for the students in the Faculty of Biology.

Contents:

• Protein Structure
• Structure-resolving techniques in Biology
• Membrane Proteins
• Protein Folding
• Ramachandran Plot
• Molecular Dynamics
• Enzymes
• Structure-Function Relationships in Proteins

(SS 2005, WS 2003/2004)


Mathematics for Biologists

The practical exercises were designed to introduce Biology students to using Mathematics
for solving Biological Problems
(i.e. describing bacterial growth (linear and non-linear), biological oscillators,
chemostats, drug diffusion)

Contents:

• Iterative Systems
• Discrete Dynamics
• Complex Numbers
• Linear Algebra
• Vectors
• Ordinary Differential Equations
• Continuous Models
• Spatially homogeneous models

(SS 2004)


Mathematics for Molecular Biotechnologists

The practical exercises were designed to provide the students with the essential Mathematics
basics for solving Problems in Biology and Bioinformatics.
SCILAB Simulations were also part of the course applied to problems
such as the absorption of lead in blood.

Contents:

• Linear Algebra
  
• (linear transformations, vectors, matrices, linear systems of equations, determinants, eigenvectors),
• Analysis
  
• (complex numbers, series, sequences, continuity, differentiation)
• and a Crash Course in SCILAB

(WS 2002/2003)


Computational Physics

3rd year Bachelor Physics students apply their programming skills into solving physics problems (i.e. statistical physics, biophysics, chaotic systems, quantum mechanics) with Mathematica and the programming language C.

Contents:

• Integration
• Linear Algebra
• Numerical Analysis
• Differential equations (numerically)
• random number generators
• Monte Carlo Simulations

(SS 2002)


Molecular Dynamics Simulations

An advanced practical for Biology students interested in Computer Modeling of Biomolecular Systems
"Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor in Vacuum"

Contents:

• Introduction in Linux
• Modeling Software (CHARMM and VMD)
• Energy Minimization methods
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations (heating, equilibration, production dynamics)
• Normal Mode Analysis

(SS 2003, WS 2005/2006)