Biomathematiker/Biomathematikerin

Publications that biomathematicians may find useful include Archiv der Mathematik (AdM), Biologie in unserer Zeit, Elemente der Mathematik, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Journal of Mathematical Biology, mathematik.de, Mathematische Zeitschrift, ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, and Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik (ZAMP).

To be successful in this field, theoretical-abstract, administrative-organizational, and organizational-auditing interests are important. Theoretical-abstract interests include activities such as applying biostatistical methods in therapy research, designing statistical survey models, and analyzing statistical data on epidemics. Administrative-organizational interests cover tasks like reviewing biometric data and documenting the results of a simulation for a hereditary disease. Organizational-auditing interests involve activities such as planning and organizing drug studies.

Biomathematicians primarily work in offices, data centers, lecture halls and classrooms, and laboratories. Additionally, they may also work from a home office or remotely, as needed.

Core competencies acquired or deepened during university studies (Studium) include algorithms, applied mathematics, bacteriology, bioinformatics, biomathematics, biometrics, botany, development, research, genetics, forecasting, microbiology, statistics, and zoology. Other competencies that may be significant for practicing this profession include analysis, application technology, application consulting, creating professional publications, laboratory work, laboratory technology, teaching (university), medical imaging technology, modeling, simulation (IT), molecular biology, numerical mathematics, numerical simulation, project management, process computer technology, software engineering, theoretical computer science, and management consulting. Furthermore, competencies in programming languages, program libraries, development environments, and statistics and mathematics software are also important.

The ongoing digitalization of the working and professional world can change job profiles and requirements. For biomathematicians, opportunities may arise to engage with technologies, procedures, or systems such as 3-D simulation (e.g., visualizing models of human DNA using 3-D simulations), image recognition (e.g., developing medical imaging devices), blended learning (e.g., preparing teaching materials for a combination of virtual learning settings and in-person events), cognitive computing (e.g., developing computer systems that automatically search and evaluate biological data for patterns), data lake (e.g., retrieving raw data for Big Data analyses), data analysis (e.g., developing computer applications that recognize patterns and relationships in existing data sets), digital whiteboard (e.g., using an interactive, digital whiteboard during university lectures), and AI-based medical diagnostic systems (e.g., developing programs).

Biomathematicians develop and analyze mathematical-statistical models and simulations to describe and understand complex biological processes. This requires analytical and logical thinking skills. They work with great precision and concentration, and for lengthy projects, also with patience and perseverance. Interdisciplinary thinking and teamwork enable collaboration with specialists from other fields. In the private sector or public institutions, as well as when acquiring research funds (third-party funds), negotiation skills and persuasiveness play a significant role. In teaching at universities, they also apply pedagogical and subject-specific didactic knowledge and measure the quality of their teaching by the progress and feedback of their students. When participating in international conferences or collaborating in international project teams, their intercultural competence is required, and they communicate.

Biomathematicians can become self-employed, for example, in the field of drug testing by establishing a service company for conducting clinical studies.

Example gross basic monthly salary: 5,424 € to 6,439 €. This information is for orientation purposes only and no claims can be derived from it. Please check BERUFENET for more information.

Universities, universities of applied sciences, vocational and specialized academies, dual universities, administrative universities of applied sciences. Other research and development in natural, engineering, agricultural sciences, and medicine, e.g., research institutes for clinical drug testing. Pharmacy, manufacturing of pharmaceutical specialties and other pharmaceutical products. Chemistry, manufacturing of other chemical products, e.g., biotechnology companies. Technical, physical, chemical examination, e.g., service companies in pharmaceutical research. Medical technology, orthopedics, dental technology, manufacturing of radiation and electrotherapy devices and electromedical devices, e.g., manufacturers of imaging devices. IT services, providing consulting services in information technology, especially for natural sciences.

Those who wish to work in this profession typically need a completed undergraduate (grundständig) degree in biomathematics or mathematics. Leadership positions or specialized tasks usually require a master's (Masterstudium) degree. Activities in science and research often require a doctorate (Promotion) or habilitation (postdoctoral lecturing qualification).

Biomathematics (undergraduate), Biomathematics (postgraduate), Mathematics (undergraduate), Mathematics (postgraduate).

Biomathematicians can find employment, for example, at universities and research institutes, in pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies and institutes, in medical technology companies, with software and database providers offering products in biomedicine, at insurance companies, and with management consultancies.

Job Title: Biomathematician. English Job Titles: Biomathematician (m/f), Research scientist (m/f) (maths). French Job Title: Biomathématicien/Biomathématicienne.

Some characteristics of work and social behavior are equally relevant for all professions and are therefore not mentioned separately. These include: reliability, punctuality, honesty, ability to criticize, and appropriate manners. In addition, the following profession-specific characteristics are required to practice this academic profession: willingness to perform and commit (e.g., willingness to actively take on additional biostatistical evaluations during work bottlenecks), perseverance / determination (e.g., lengthy development of mathematical methods and solution procedures for complex medical, biotechnological, and pharmaceutical questions), conscientiousness (e.g., error-free calculation of drug effects), independent working style (e.g., independently developing mathematical models and simulations to clarify processes in cancer diseases and gain insights into diagnostics and therapy), willingness to learn.

Biomathematicians formulate biological or medical questions in the language of mathematics, solve them mathematically, or develop statistical and mathematical models with which they create prognoses for medical, biotechnological, and pharmaceutical matters.

Job and applicant portals: Biologie.de, BiologyJobs.com, Bionity.com Karriere, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (gmds), hum-molgen, jobvector, Math-Jobs, pharmajobs.com.

Associations and organizations: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Deutsche Gesellschaft f. Med. Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS), Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung e.V. (DMV), Internationale Biometrische Gesellschaft Deutsche Region, ver.di - Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft.

Responsibility for people (e.g., teaching and supervising students), responsibility for material assets (e.g., ensuring the efficient use of research and development budgets), screen work (e.g., analyzing statistical datasets with image processing programs, simulation programs, or complex calculation programs), work in offices (e.g., planning and conceiving research projects), work in classrooms/training rooms (e.g., conducting lectures in lecture halls or seminar rooms for a group).

Biomathematicians can work in various fields, including IT coordination, organization, and management; leadership roles in software development and IT; teaching positions at universities; study program coordination; software development; process and product development; leadership in research and development; scientific research; research consultancy; leadership of research groups; and scientific assistant positions.

Work tools include data management systems and software, such as databases, image processing, simulation, and complex calculation programs. They also use data and documents like biometric data, statistical surveys, calculations, biological, medical, and pharmaceutical research materials, presentation documents, and legal regulations. Office equipment and presentation tools, such as PCs, internet access, telephones, and projectors, are also utilized.

Biomathematicians work in various fields. In research, they develop or optimize mathematical models and simulations for biological and medical topics and publish their findings. At universities, they conduct lectures and administer examinations. From a statistical perspective, they investigate medical, biological, psychological, and ecological questions, for example, in epidemiology, environmental research, or for the pharmaceutical industry. They analyze statements about correlations and probabilities regarding hereditary diseases, risks of new drugs, or the spread of epidemics. In the pharmaceutical sector, they work with clinical studies to test new medicines.

Adaptation training helps to keep professional knowledge up-to-date and adapt it to new developments (e.g., in the fields of biology, mathematics, statistics, research, and development).

Bachelor graduates can expand their career opportunities through further Studium (higher education), for example, in biomathematics, mathematics, or biometry, biostatistics. A doctorate (Promotion) is generally required for an academic career at a university; an habilitation (postdoctoral lecturing qualification) is usually needed for appointment as a university professor. A doctorate may also facilitate access to senior professional positions in the private sector, in research, and in public administration.

Biomathematicians develop, apply, and evaluate mathematical-statistical models and simulations for complex biological, but also economic or technical processes; they forecast developments. They plan and evaluate clinical drug studies from a statistical perspective. They investigate ecological relationships (e.g., climate change, environmental pollution) using statistics. In science and teaching, they use biometric methods to study diseases (epidemiology) and apply biostatistical methods in therapy research and diagnostics. They create simulations, for example, on the probability of animal epidemics, and model perception processes. They participate in research projects and write reports. They conduct lectures and administer examinations. In industry and services, they engage in active substance design and perform statistical calculations, such as the probability of side effects, before the introduction of new drugs.

The following additional employment alternatives are available for the profession of Biomathematician: Field of Scientific Research, Bioinformatician, Computer Scientist, Statistician. Commonalities: applying mathematical methods to solve scientific questions; developing and creating application software for the analysis and evaluation of biological or scientific processes. Note: The mentioned job alternatives may require a longer training period or additional qualification.

Biomathematicians formulate biological or medical questions in the language of mathematics and solve them using mathematical tools. They develop statistical and mathematical models to create prognoses and analyses for medical, biotechnological, and pharmaceutical issues. In universities and research institutes, biomathematicians develop mathematical and statistical models, for example, to clarify processes in cancer diseases and gain insights into diagnosis and therapy. They also deal with the development or improvement of mathematical models and simulations. Interdisciplinary thinking is required, as biomathematics, itself a field of applied mathematics, overlaps with areas such as biology, medicine, computer science, and bioinformatics. In university teaching, biomathematicians design lectures and prepare seminars and exercises.

The following abilities, knowledge, and skills are required for performing possible activities in this academic profession. Abilities: Numerical (computational) thinking (e.g., developing statistical and mathematical models for the analysis of medical, biotechnological, and pharmaceutical issues); figural-spatial thinking (e.g., investigating spatially complex structures with mathematical methods); technical understanding (e.g., developing mathematical-statistical models and simulations for describing and understanding technical processes); ability to plan and organize (e.g., planning drug studies). Knowledge and Skills: Calculation skills (e.g., applying statistical and mathematical models to perform biometric calculations).

The practice of this profession may involve the following physical requirements. This information does not necessarily apply to every activity profile or every professional application. Fine motor skills of hands and fingers (e.g., processing statistical datasets on the computer); near vision - even corrected (e.g., analyzing statistical datasets with image processing programs, simulation programs, or complex calculation programs); hearing and speech comprehension (e.g., during team meetings about a planned clinical study for testing new drugs). Note: This information does not form a basis for legal action and is not to be understood in the sense of a medical fitness assessment. Actual physical fitness or unfitness must always be determined on a case-by-case basis and taking into account possible reasonable accommodations.

The following lists professions or activities that show similarities to the original profession. These professions represent a possible alternative for applicants who cannot find a vacant position in their learned profession. Furthermore, employers can consider specialists in these professions as alternatives for filling a position in the original profession. Some alternative professions only include partial activities of the original profession, while others require an induction period, which can vary in length in individual cases. The following direct employment and staffing alternatives are available for the profession of Biomathematician: For partial activities and professional applications (with/without induction): Biometrician. In related professions: Mathematician. A list of all possible degrees of relatedness can be found here: Explanations of the individual degrees of relatedness.

The activity as a Biomathematician is not regulated. No professional recognition is necessary to work in this profession with a qualification acquired abroad. However, there is the possibility to apply for an individual certificate evaluation for foreign university degrees by the Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen (ZAB) (Central Office for Foreign Education). This can be helpful for applications in the German labor market. Further information on living and working in Germany: Hotline Arbeiten und Leben in Deutschland (Working and Living in Germany Hotline) - central information hotline of the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees) and the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) (Federal Employment Agency). For people from abroad - an information service of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Zentrale Auslands- und Fachvermittlung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Central International and Specialist Placement of the Federal Employment Agency). Make it in Germany - The welcome portal of the skilled workers' initiative for international skilled workers.

The following health limitations could lead to problems when performing this profession. This information does not necessarily apply to every activity profile or every professional application. Increasingly, there are also possibilities to compensate for limitations, for example, through technical aids. Restricted fine motor skills of the hands and fingers (e.g., processing statistical datasets on a computer), uncorrectable near vision impairment (e.g., analyzing statistical datasets with image processing programs, simulation programs, or complex calculation programs), hearing impairment, hard of hearing, deafness, hearing disorder, chronic ear conditions (e.g., during team meetings about a planned clinical study for testing new drugs). Note: This information does not form a basis for legal action and should not be understood as a medical fitness assessment. The actual physical suitability or unsuitability must always be assessed individually.

The following alternative for filling the Biomathematician position is available from the employer's perspective: Bioinformatician in the field of Scientific Research. Commonalities include: applying mathematical methods to solve biological questions and developing and creating application software for analyzing and evaluating biological processes. Note: The mentioned alternative may require an induction period, which can vary in length depending on the individual case.