Lucas Tröger studied physics at the LMU Munich where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in 2017 and 2020, respectively. His undergraduate studies focused on theoretical physics with a special interest in Astrophysics. His bachelor thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch aimed at an understanding of how turbulence can give rise to large-scale magnetic fields in the interstellar medium. In his graduate studies, Lucas’ attention shifted to Solid State Physics and its application to renewable energies before he discovered his inclination for Statistical and Biological Physics. Lucas’ graduate research on chromosome organization supervised by Prof. Dr. Chase Broedersz led to a statistical-physics model for the spatial organization of the E. coli chromosome within the cell, and beyond, a model for the replication of this chromosome. He joined the Biological Physics and Morphogenesis group at TUM in 2020 to study the relation between fluid flows and morphology in Physarum polycephalum, especially with respect to its chemotactic performance.
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Technische Universität München
Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Str. 8, EG.038
85748 Garching b. München
lucas.troeger(at)tum.de
Phone: +49 89 289 14612