Dr. R. (Rutger) Hermsen

Hugo R. Kruytgebouw
Padualaan 8
Kamer N602
3584 CH Utrecht

Dr. R. (Rutger) Hermsen

Assistant Professor
Theoretical Biology
+31 30 253 3840
r.hermsen@uu.nl

Teaching activities

Currently, I coordinate the course "Biological Modeling" in the second year of the Biology bachelor's program. In this course, students learn to model biological systems using mathematical and computational techniques. The focus is on understanding dynamic systems in biology through the analysis of non-linear differential equations. I teach most of the lectures myself. 

Additionally, I provide a brief introduction to Statistics within the course "Biological Models & Statistics". The online textbook I wrote for this can be found here

Furthermore, I teach a day in the course "BiBC Essentials" on stochastic models in biology, and give guest lectures in courses such as "Evolution 2", "Computational Biology", and "Modeling Life". 

I am also active in the organization and coordination of education in the following roles: 

  • as a member of the Education Advisory Committee of the Biology bachelor's program (OAC-B), 
  • as coordinator of the study interest track "Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics", 
  • as coordinator of the "Complex Systems" profile within the Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS),
  • as a member of the Core Team of the master's program "Bioinformatics and Biocomplexity" (BiBC), 
  • as coordinator of bachelor's internships within the Theoretical Biology group.
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