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Appointed: Prof. Andreas Focks!

Since February 1, he has held the W2 professorship "Environmental Systems Modeling" for life. Congratulations!

Prof. Dr. Fock's research focuses on the development of mathematical models to describe biochemical and ecological processes. Applications lie in particular in the areas of environmental risk assessment of chemicals and in the bioeconomy, for example for the simulation of biogas production and industrial fermentation processes.

Prof. Focks is also Managing Director of the interdisciplinary  Research Center for Environmental Systems Research.

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