Jürgen Jost

Jürgen Jost is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Germany. The body of their research primarily involves mathematics and computer science, with significant contributions in subfields such as computational theory and mathematics, applied mathematics, geometry and topology, statistical and nonlinear physics, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics including topological and geometric data analysis, geometric analysis and curvature flows, homotopy and cohomology in algebraic topology, complex network analysis techniques, functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, and graph theory and applications.

Jürgen Jost has published in multiple frequent venues, with a notable presence in arXiv (Cornell University) with 43 publications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 6, Theory in Biosciences and Scientific Reports each with 4, and Information Geometry with 3 publications.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Jost include:

• Coupled dynamics on hypergraphs: Master stability of steady states and synchronization, 2020, Physical Review. E
• An exploratory study of heuristics for anticipating prices, 2021, Management Decision
• FORMAN-RICCI CURVATURE FOR HYPERGRAPHS, 2021, Advances in Complex Systems
• Random walks and Laplacians on hypergraphs: When do they match?, 2022, Discrete Applied Mathematics
• An atlas of fragrance chemicals in children's products, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors include Parvaneh Joharinad, Guillermo Restrepo, Lukas Silvester Barth, Janis Keck, and Areejit Samal.

Jost has also contributed to several book publications under different publishers. Under Springer Nature, notable books include "The Evolution of Chemical Knowledge" (2022), "Lavoisier" (2023), and "Bernhard Riemann - Über die Hypothesen, welche der Geometrie zu Grunde liegen" (2025). Within Mathematics of Data, the books "Mathematical Principles of Topological and Geometric Data Analysis" (2023) and "Data Visualization with Category Theory and Geometry" (2025) are credited. Additionally, Springer International Publishing includes "Niels Bohr" (2022) and "Bernhard Riemann - On the Hypotheses Which Lie at the Bases of Geometry" (2025).

The scientist's academic recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013.