Personal profile
Biography
Serhiy Yanchuk received his MSc in Theoretical Physics from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (Technical University) in 1994, and his PhD and Doctor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics from the Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv in 1997 and 2002, respectively. Following his PhD, he worked as a research scientist at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics and Humboldt University of Berlin. From 2008 to 2014, he was the head of a junior research group at HU Berlin. He held temporary professorial positions at HU Berlin (Vertretungsprofessur) in 2012 and at TU Berlin (Gastprofessor) from 2016 to 2018. From 2019 to 2023, he worked as a project leader at TU Berlin and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany, as well as a Privatdozent at HU Berlin. Since 2023, he is a lecturer at University College Cork.
Research Grants
- [PI, €1,200,000] Research Ieland, Frontiers for the Future Award (ID: 23/FFP-A/12066) 2025 - 2030. Adaptive dynamical network solutions to ecological restoration (co-PI Prof. Sebastian Wieczorek).
- [PI, €600,000] German Research Foundation, Individual Project (ID: 411803875) 2019 - 2024. Dynamical networks with time delays and
adaptation: theory and applications. - [co-PI, €160,000] German Research Foundation, Individual Project (ID: 40145547) 2020 - 2025. Complex dynamical networks: effects of heterogeneity, adaptivity, and topology (co-PI Prof. Eckehard Schöll).
- [co-PI, €200,000] German Research Foundation, Individual Project (ID: 08748074) 2016 - 2021. DFG-RSF: Complex dynamical networks: effects of heterogeneity, adaptivity, and delays (co-PI Prof. Eckehard Schöll).
- [co-PI, €450,000] German Research Foundation, Collaborative Research Center SFB 910 (ID: 63436311) 2015 - 2018. Activity patterns in delay-coupled systems (co-PI Dr. Matthias Wolfrum).
- [PI, €280,000] German Research Foundation, nternational Research Training Group IRTG 1740 (ID: 183049896) 2011 - 2020. Coupled dynamical systems and applications to semi-supervised classification tasks; Evolution from small to large networks,
their spectrum and related bifurcation scenarios. - [PI, €230,000] German Research Foundation, Collaborative Research Center SFB 910 (ID: 63436311) 2011 - 2014. Emergence and control of spatio-temporal dynamics in systems with delay.
- [PI, €920,000] German Research Foundation, Research Centre Matheon – Mathematics for Key Technologies (ID: FZT 86) 2008 - 2014. Synchronization phenomena in coupled dynamical systems.
Current PhD Students
- Yu Wang (HU Berlin, Germany)
- Jule Budnick (UCC Cork)
- Harvey Lee Turner (UCC Cork)
- Denis Ormonde (UCC Cork)
Teaching Activities
Teching modules at University College Cork
- Network Science: Theory and Applications [module redesigned]
- Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Wave Theories
- Applications of Machine Learning
- Introduction to Mechanics
Past Teaching at Humboldt University Berlin (2009-2022)
- Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Applications [newly developed module]
- Differential equations with time delays [newly developed module]
- Mathematical introduction to pattern formation [newly developed module]
- Mathematics III for informatics students
- Dynamics and Structure of Complex Networks [newly designed proseminar]
- Research Seminar Applied Analysis
Past Teaching at Technical University of Berlin (2016-2020)
- Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience [newly developed module]
- Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Applications
- Analysis I for Engineering Students
- Analysis II for Engineering Students
- Differential equations with time delays
- Research Seminar Applied Analysis
Recent PhD Students
- Leonhard Lücken (2015, HU Berlin)
- Stefan Ruschel (2019, TU Berlin)
- Rico Berner (2020, TU Berlin, joint supervision with Eckehard Schöll)
- Dmitry Puzyrev (2018, TU Berlin)
- Florian Stelzer (2022, TU Berlin)
- Vander Luis de Souza Freitas (2019, USP Brazil, joint suprevision with Elbert E. N. Macau)
- Jan Philipp Pade (2015, HU Berlin)
External positions
Guest scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
1 Aug 2023 → …
Other research affiliations
- UCC Futures - Sustainability Institute
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Adaptive dynamical networks
Berner, R., Gross, T., Kuehn, C., Kurths, J. & Yanchuk, S., 10 Aug 2023, In: Physics Reports. 1031, p. 1-59 59 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Deep neural networks using a single neuron: folded-in-time architecture using feedback-modulated delay loops
Stelzer, F., Röhm, A., Vicente, R., Fischer, I. & Yanchuk, S., 1 Dec 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 5164.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Canard Cascading in Networks with Adaptive Mean-Field Coupling
Balzer, J., Berner, R., Lüdge, K., Wieczorek, S., Kurths, J. & Yanchuk, S., 6 Dec 2024, In: Physical Review Letters. 133, 23, 237401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tipping in an adaptive climate network model
Bdolach, T., Kurths, J. & Yanchuk, S., 1 May 2025, In: Chaos. 35, 5, 053157.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (External organisation)
Yanchuk, S. (Member)
2024 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
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Chaos (Journal)
Yanchuk, S. (Member of editorial board)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation (Journal)
Yanchuk, S. (Member of editorial board)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (CSIC-UIB)
Yanchuk, S. (Visiting Professor)
2014 → …Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Executive Board of DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB 910 Control of self-organizing nonlinear systems: Theoretical methods and concepts of applications (External organisation)
Yanchuk, S. (Member)
2013 → 2018Activity: Membership › Membership of board
Prizes
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Outstanding Referee for the journals of the American Physical Society
Yanchuk, S. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Honorary award
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Press/Media
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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Reports Findings in Nonlinear Science (Recurrent chaotic clustering and slow chaos in adaptive networks)
8/07/24
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Prof Sebastian Wieczorek and Dr Serhiy Yanchuk Granted Research Ireland Funding Award
17/11/25
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UCC researchers receive €6.2m to lead groundbreaking discoveries
14/11/25
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14 Nov 2025 UCC researchers receive €6.2m to lead groundbreaking discoveries
Yanchuk, S., O'Dwyer, C., Cryan, J. F., Walsh, B., Lim, A., Wieczorek, S., Murray, D., Hellebust, S., Lindsay, A. J. & Corbett, B.
14/11/25
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