Simon van Vliet — Junior Group Leader
I am a physicist turned biologist who is fascinated by the dynamics and evolution of complex systems. I initially studied the dynamics of complex systems at the biggest (astronomy) and smallest (quantum physics) scales. However, towards the end of my Master degree I became fascinated by the complex dynamics of microbial communities, and I have worked with these microbial systems ever since. Since 2022 I am a SNSF Ambizione Fellow and lead my own subgroup at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel hosted by the lab of Knut Drescher. When not at the lab I love hiking, reading, and landscape photography, but most of all I just enjoy being out and about in the mountains.