Ben F. Maier
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- Copenhagen & Berlin

I’m a post-doctoral researcher using computational methods to study how humans interact with each other and the world and how that influences society. I have a decade of experience performing quantitative research regarding infectious-disease modeling, network theory, and data science as well as broader interset in complex systems, educational outreach, and algorithmic arts. Having a background in physics, I’m trained in analyzing and visualizing big data sets as well as searching for the fundamental mechanisms that shape a system’s behavior. My current position is with Sune Lehmann in Copenhagen. Previously, I was involved in work that helped shaping Germany’s response to the pandemic at Robert Koch Institute.
You’re cordially invited to investigate my full CV if you’re interested in further information.
Selected Publications
Estimating the share of SARS-CoV-2-immunologically naïve individuals in Germany up to June 2022
B. F. Maier*, A. H. Rose, A. Burdinski, P. Klamser, H. Neuhauser, O. Wichmann, L. Schaade, L. H. Wieler, D. Brockmann
Modeling the impact of the Omicron infection wave in Germany
B. F. Maier*, A. Burdinski, M. Wiedermann, M. an der Heiden, T. Harder, O. Wichmann, F. Schlosser, D. Brockmann
Germany's fourth COVID-19 wave was mainly driven by the unvaccinated
B. F. Maier*, M. Wiedermann, A. Burdinski, P. Klamser, M. A. Jenny, C. Betsch, D. Brockmann
- arXiv: 2111.12806
- doi: 10.1038/s43856-022-00176-7
Understanding the impact of digital contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic
A. Burdinski*, D. Brockmann, B. F. Maier*
Effective containment explains subexponential growth in recent confirmed COVID-19 cases in China
B. F. Maier*, D. Brockmann
COVID-19 lockdown induces structural changes in mobility networks — Implication for mitigating disease dynamics
F. Schlosser*, B. F. Maier, D. Hinrichs, A. Zachariae, D. Brockmann
Combining clinical epidemiology, NGS-based analysis and modeling approaches to reveal transmission dynamics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a high risk population within a tertiary care hospital
B. Neumann*, J. K. Bender, B. F. Maier, A. Wittig, S. Fuchs, T. Semmler, D. Brockmann, H. Einsele, S. Kraus, L. H. Wieler, U. Vogel, G. Werner
Cover time for random walks on arbitrary complex networks
B. F. Maier*, D. Brockmann
Selected Open-Source Software
epipack
github.com/benmaier/epipack, Build epidemiological models for analytical and numerical analyses as well as network simulations
netwulf
github.com/benmaier/netwulf, Interactive visualizations of networks
tacoma
github.com/benmaier/tacoma, C++ and Python package for the analysis and simulation of temporal networks in continuous time
cMHRN
github.com/benmaier/cMHRN, fast creation of modular-hierarchical, power-law, and regular small-world networks
QSuite
github.com/benmaier/qsuite, a command-line interface for efficient management and analysis of simulations on compute clusters
binpacking
github.com/benmaier/binpacking, optimal distribution of weights to containers
fisheye
github.com/benmaier/fisheye, JavaScript library for local magnification of data in visualizations