Sophia Hampe earned her Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Medicine from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2020, followed by a Master’s degree in Molecular Medicine at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in 2023. Her Master’s research focused on investigating the role of a histone methyltransferase in intestinal organoids. Currently, she is a member of the Max Planck School Matter to Life, specializing in biophysics. In September 2024, Sophia joined the BPM group as a lab rotation student, where she explores memory in adaptive flow networks, such as the slime mold Physarum polycephalum, using numerical simulations.