Roberto Covino has been appointed Senior Fellow at FIAS. He has been a research group leader and Fellow at FIAS since 2020.

Covino simulates cellular processes at the molecular level and thus enables a deeper understanding of the cell. "This was unthinkable until recently and is now a new field of research to be established and ventured at FIAS," says FIAS Director Eckhard Elsen. Covino embodies the spirit of FIAS and promotes it through his research. His previous group leadership proves he is more than up to the new challenge as a Senior Fellow. This includes, for example, his commitment to the CMMS project and his intensive promotion of young researchers.

Covino develops theoretical models and innovative computer simulation methods. He merges physics-based and machine-learning methods to understand the dynamic organization of complex biomolecular systems. The ultimate goal is to understand the emergence of fundamental biological mechanisms.

Covino's successful and highly committed research led to a W3 professorship of Computational Life Science at the Institute of Computer Science at Goethe University Frankfurt in May. This will further support the networking of FIAS and the university.

"We want to understand how biological cells work," says Covino. Cells are the basic unit of all life forms on Earth. And they are incredibly complex. "Understanding them is not only an exciting scientific challenge but would also help us to come up with better solutions for diseases and grand social challenges."

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