About
I am Professor for Computational Network Science and co-director of the Center of Computational Life Science at RWTH Aachen University. My research deals with the analysis of complex systems that can be abstracted as networks or graphs. A central methodological issue underlying my research is how we can study and integrate the multiple levels of organization that are commonly found in a range of systems. My research combines ‘bottom-up’ dynamical models, and ‘top-down’ data-driven approaches, and uses a blend of tools from control theory, dynamical systems, stochastic processes, machine learning and statistics.
My research group at RWTH can be found here.
Short Bio
I studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at ETH Zurich with a focus on communication systems. After a MSc in Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London (Neurotechnology stream), I moved to the Mathematics Department to obtain my PhD under the supervision of Prof. Mauricio Barahona and Prof. Sophia Yaliraki. Following my PhD, I worked in Belgium, jointly at the Université catholique de Louvain and at the University of Namur, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. In November 2016, I moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. From July 2017 onwards I was a Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow at MIT and the University of Oxford, before joining RWTH Aachen University as an assistant professor in June 2020, supported by the NRW Return Programme (2019). I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2022 and was a member of the Junges Kolleg at North-Rhine Westphalian Academy of the Sciences and the Arts, as well as a Juniorfellow of the German Informatics Society. Since September 2025 I am a full professor for Computional Network Science at the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Biology. Since summer 2025 I am also a co-director of the Center for Computational Life Sciences at RWTH Aachen University.
Third person Bio
Michael Schaub studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at ETH Zurich with a focus on communication systems. After completing an MSc in Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London (Neurotechnology stream), Michael moved to the Mathematics Department to obtain his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Mauricio Barahona and Prof. Sophia Yaliraki.
Following his PhD, Michael Schaub worked in Belgium as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, held jointly at the Université catholique de Louvain and the University of Namur. In November 2016, he moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. From July 2017 onwards, Michael was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at MIT and the University of Oxford, before joining RWTH Aachen University as an assistant professor in June 2020, supported by the NRW Return Programme (2019).
Michael Schaub was awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2022 and has been a member of the Junges Kolleg at the North-Rhine Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts, as well as a Junior Fellow of the German Informatics Society. Since September 2025, Michael has served as a full professor for Computational Network Science at the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Biology. Since summer 2025, he has also been a co-director of the Center for Computational Life Sciences at RWTH Aachen University.
For more information on my ERC project see HIGH-HOPeS.
For more information on my Marie Curie Project see HIntNets
Contact Address
Michael Schaub
Department of Computer Science & Department of Biology
RWTH Aachen University
Ahornstraße 55, Building E2
D-52074 Aachen
Germany
schaub[at]netsci.rwth-aachen.de
+49 241 80 21490