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Karen Alim investigates non-neuronal information processing, particularly focusing on the physical principles that underlie how information is propagated, stored, and processed in biological systems beyond neurons. She studied physics at the University of Karlsruhe, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the University of Manchester. Alim completed her doctorate at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, receiving her degree in 2010. Following her doctoral work, she was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at Harvard University from 2010 to 2015. In 2015, she joined the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Self-Organization in Göttingen as a Research Group Leader. In 2019, Alim was appointed to the Physics Department at the Technical University of Munich. Her research has led to publications in prominent journals, detailing complex mechanisms of information processing in biological systems.
Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany
Leading research in the Department of Physics, focusing on biological physics and information processing.
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Self-Organization • Göttingen, Germany
Head of research group specializing in morphological and dynamical processes in biological systems.
Harvard University • Cambridge, USA
Engaged in advanced research in physical processes in biological systems while teaching courses related to physics.