As part of his current research, he is developing a unified theory for the statistical analysis of mutations in the genome with a particular focus on the interpretable and transparent identification of measurement uncertainties. Johannes Köster’s work thus supports the reproducibility of data analysis and enhances quality assurance in biomedicine.

For his outstanding research, Dr. Johannes Köster receives the 2019 Friedmund Neumann Prize.

Johannes Köster was nominated for the 2019 Friedmund Neumann Prize by Prof. Dr. Sven Rahmann, Chair of Genome Informatics at the Institute of Human Genetics of the University of Duisburg-Essen. “Johannes Köster’s work is enormously varied and comprises both theoretical models and very practical software tools for biomedical data analysis. The reproducibility of such analyses is extremely important for the credibility of biomedical research. Johannes Köster has laid the essential groundwork on which many researchers worldwide are now able to build,” says Rahmann.