Matthias F. Schneider

Professor Matthias F. Schneider holds a Professorship for Medical and Biological Physics in the Physics department at TU Dortmund University. His research is to understand living systems based on physical principles. He studies the communication and integration of living systems using Einsteins approach to thermodynamics and the conservation of momentum. He also works on new testing startegies in order to minimize the burden on society during outbreaks.

When COVID-19 hit, he formed a group of scientists from all disciplines (incl. economic, political, social, family, phyiscs, medicine and public health) to work out a sustainable concept for the entire society. The NO-COVID group.

He studied and work at the Max Planck Insitute for Bioiphysical Chemistry, the Technical University of Munich, University of Augsburg, MIT and Boston University.

TU Dortmund Physics: https://med-bio.physik.tu-dortmund.de/en/

Research

• M. F. Schneider, “Living systems approached from physical principles,” Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, vol. 162, pp. 2–25, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2020.10.001.

• V. Huck, M. F. Schneider, C. Gorzelanny, and S. W. Schneider, “The various states of von Willebrandfactor and their function in physiology and pathophysiology,” Thrombosis and haemostasis, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 598–609, 2014, doi: 10.1160/th13-09-0800.

• C. Philippe. Y. Bar-Yam et al., “Mass testing to end the COVID-19 public health threat,” The lancet Regional health. Europe, vol. 25, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100574.