Jens SmiatekJens Smiatek received his Ph. D. in theoretical physics at Bielefeld University in 2009. After several postdoc and group leader positions at the University of Muenster, the University of Stuttgart and the Forschungszentrum Juelich, he received his hailitation in theoretical physics at the University of Stuttgart. Currently, he is working at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Development Biologicals CMC, where he applies and develops numerical and theoretical methods for the design of novel biopharmaceutical formulations and the analysis of big data. His main research interests focus on the theoretical and computational study of polyelectrolytes, ions or DNA in solution and the complex interactions between the components of liquid mixtures in terms of structural and dynamic correlations. He has published over 60 research articles in scientific journals as well as a number of reviews on topics including aqueous ionic liquids, aprotic electrolyte solutions, free energy calculation methods as well as protein stabilization effects. Read More Read Less