Marcel Hörning

Marcel Hörning is a Researcher at the University of Stuttgart, affiliated with the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems. His work spans interdisciplinary domains including Life Science & Biomedicine, Mathematical & Computational Biology, and Physics, focusing on excitable media dynamics, mechanobiology, and biomaterials.

• Staff Council Representative since 2019
• Member of Stuttgart Research Center Systems Biology (SRCSB)

Research Interests center on understanding how physical and geometric properties regulate biological systems. Key areas include:

• Excitable Membrane Signaling in Dictyostelium and cardiac cells
• Mechanobiology of myoblasts and cardiomyocytes on dynamic hydrogels
• Cardiac Wave Dynamics for arrhythmia control
• Biophysics of mitochondrial transport and ciliate galvanotaxis
• 3D Bioprinting of tissue-mimicking scaffolds

Publication Trends reveal expertise in modeling spatiotemporal patterns in excitable systems, with applications to cardiac tissue engineering, neuronal migration, and biomaterial design. Collaborative efforts often bridge experimental and computational approaches.

Technologies developed include reversible host-guest hydrogels and optical fluid pumps for dynamic cellular microenvironments. His work has implications for regenerative medicine, drug screening, and nonlinear system control.