Contact Index Monitor
Contact Index Monitor
How a pandemic develops depends on many factors: the biology of the pathogen, its susceptibility to external influences such as humidity and temperature, but most of all it is determined by contacts between individuals: transmissions occur primarily when people have contact with each other. The number of contacts thus gives us an insight into the course of the pandemic. Fewer contacts make it more difficult for the pathogen to spread through the population, whereas more contacts promote rapid spread. In the Contacts Monitor, we show the number of contacts and its variation in Germany over time.
Pascal Klamser
PostDoc
My research interests include human mobility, collective animal behavior, evolution, phase transitions, disease and opinion dynamics on networks.
Adrian Zachariae
PhD Student
My research is focussed on the evolution of clonal populations in networks and the interplay of spreading processes and evolutionary dynamics.
Clara Jongen
Master’s Student
My research interests include the spreading of infectious diseases via mobility networks (specifically the world air-transportation network) as well as time series analysis of antibiotic resistance profiles.
Benjamin F. Maier
Postdoc
My research interests include the spread of infectious diseases, complex systems, and network theory
Olivia Jack
Researcher, Visual Artist
Susi Gottwald
Project Manager
My research interests include mobile network analytics and information retrieval.