Research Associate
Dr. Jonas Brock is a Computer & Data Scientist with extensive knowledge of data analysis and epidemiological modelling. During recent years, he contributed his quantitative skills to a range of international research projects at the UCD Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Dublin and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. With his work, he supported political decision-making processes regarding the planning and structuring of virus control programmes in the sector of animal health.
Jonas Brock received his PhD in 2021 from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena for his research in the area of epidemiological modelling. He was honored for his work with the Konrad Boegel Award of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover and a doctoral prize of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena.
His research focuses on the combination of epidemiological modelling and medicine, thereby aiming to gain improved understanding for the resilience of health systems.
Scientific activities
- Reviewer for international scientific journals
- Member of the Irish expert panel on infectious lifestock diseases
Current research
- Pandemic management
- Resilience of health systems
- Mechanistic modelling
- Big data analysis in Public Health