Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eckehard Schöll, PhD

In the center of our activities is the field of nonlinear dynamics and control in complex systems and networks. We perform theoretical investigations and computer simulations of self-organized spatio-temporal pattern formation and its control, for instance by time-delayed feedback methods, and stochastic influences and noise. Our current research focusses on complex, chaotic, or noise-induced space-time patterns, in particular synchronization patterns and chimera states in complex networks and the interplay between nonlinear dynamics, network topology, and coupling delay. As state-of-the-art applications we investigate power grids, optoelectronic and neural systems, in particular neuronal network dynamics.