Prof. Dr. Hermann J. Eberl is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Guelph (Canada), where he is also the Director of the Biophysics Interdepartmental Graduate Program. Prior to joining the University of Guelph, he obtained his graduate degrees (Dipl.Math., Dr.rer.nat) at the Technical University of Munich (Germany) and was a postdoctoral fellow first at the Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands), and then at the GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health in Oberschleissheim (Germany). His research is in mathematical modeling, analysis, and simulation of biological systems and their interaction with their physical environment. This encompasses dynamical systems, partial differential equations, numerical analysis, and scientific computing. The two primary strands of his research in recent years were the development and application of mathematical methods in biofilm research and the mathematical modeling of honeybee colonies and their diseases.
