Stefan Luther
Head of Biomedical Physics Group
Research Interests
My research focuses on mechanisms of self-organization far from equilibrium in complex biological and hydrodynamic systems, combining expertise from fluid dynamics, soft-condensed matter physics, nonlinear dynamics and theoretical biology. I am developing multi-scale, high-resolution fluorescence imaging techniques and advanced multi-modal signal analysis for the investigation of the physics of complex matter. The research is devoted to both analysis of biological and medical processes using physical methodology and facilitation of medical procedures by technical means.
Curriculum Vitae
| since 2016 | University Professor, German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), University Medical Center Goettingen |
| 2009 - 2012 | Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca NY |
| since 2008 | Honorarprofessor, Institute for the Dynamics of Complex Systems, Georg-August-University, Goettingen |
| since 2007 | Head of Biomedical Physics Group (Associate Professor, tenured 2013), a Max Planck Research Group (Selbstaendige Nachwuchsgruppe der Max Planck Gesellschaft) |
| 2004 - 2007 | Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, with Eberhard Bodenschatz |
| 2001 - 2004 | Postdoctoral Associate, University of Twente, Enschede, NL, with Detlef Lohse |
| 2000 | PhD, Georg-August-University, Goettingen |
| 1997 | Diplom in Physics, Georg-August-University Goettingen |
Collaborators
- Henry Abarbanel, Department of Physics, USCD, San Diego, USA
- Mathias Bähr, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany
- Hassina Baraki, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany
- Eberhard Bodenschatz, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
- Gil Bub, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
- Gerd Hasenfuss, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany
- Alain Karma, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
- Ingo Kutschka, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany
- Stephan E. Lehnart, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany
- Nils F. Otani, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, USA
- Martin Uecker, Institute of Medical Engineering, University of Graz, Austria
Selected publications
- S. Hussaini, V. Venkatesan, V. Biasci, J. M. Romero Sepúlveda, R. A. Quiñonez Uribe, L. Sacconi, G. Bub, C. Richter, V. I. Krinsky, U. Parlitz, R. Majumder, S. Luther, Drift and termination of spiral waves in optogenetically modified cardiac tissue at sub-threshold illumination eLife 10: e59954 (2021).
- N. F. Otani, K. Wheeler, V. I. Krinsky, S. Luther, Termination of scroll waves by surface impacts. Physical Review Letters 123: 068102 (2019).
- J. Christoph, M. Chebbok, C. Richter, J. Schröder-Schetelig, P. Bittihn, S. Stein, I. Uzelac, F. H. Fenton, G. Hasenfuß, R. F. Gilmour, S. Luther, Electromechanical vortex filaments during cardiac fibrillation. Nature 555: 667–672 (2018).
- J. Christoph, S. Luther, Marker-free tracking for motion artifact compensation and deformation measurements in optical mapping videos of contracting hearts. Frontiers in Physiology 9: 1483 (2018).
- S. Luther, F. H. Fenton, B. G. Kornreich, A. Squires, P. Bittihn, D. Hornung, M. Zabel, J. Flanders, A. Gladuli, L. Campoy, E. M. Cherry, G. Luther, G. Hasenfuss, V. I. Krinsky, A. Pumir, R. F. Gilmour, E. Bodenschatz, Low-energy control of electrical turbulence in the heart. Nature 475: 235–239 (2011).