Steph Höhn

Steph Höhn is a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on understanding the biophysical and mechano-chemical mechanisms underlying cell sheet folding in developing embryos, combining advanced imaging, mechanical perturbations, and computational modeling. She has expertise in developmental biology, biophysics, and systems biology, with a particular emphasis on studying organisms like Volvox and Pleodorina.

• Education:
  • 2003–2009: Bachelor/Master student, Bielefeld University, Germany
  • 2009–2013: Doctoral student, Department for Cellular and Developmental Biology of Plants, Bielefeld University

Her research interests include the mechanics of tissue morphogenesis, stochastic processes in developmental systems, and the application of mathematical models to biological systems. She has contributed to studies on the variability in cell sheet folding mechanisms and the role of extracellular matrices in tissue organization. Her work bridges physics, biology, and applied mathematics to address fundamental questions in developmental biology.

Recent publications highlight her exploration of out-of-plane stresses in cell sheet folding, stochastic Voronoi tessellation models for cellular neighborhoods, and the maximum entropy principles governing multicellular organization.