Sadly, Andreas Weber passed away on March 15th 2020. Andreas studied mathematics and computer science at the Universities of Tübingen, Germany, and Boulder, CO. He then worked as a postdoc at the Institute for Computer Science at Cornell University, NY; the University of Tübingen, Germany; and the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research, Germany. Since 2001, he was a professor at the University of Bonn, Germany.

Scientifically, he was considered an authority in the fields of physics-based modeling and simulation, as well as applications of computer algebra in the natural sciences and particularly biology. He was incredibly well-read, possessed an immense wealth of knowledge across different disciplines, and was highly committed to international and interdisciplinary networking. Due to his great hospitality and openness, his group in Bonn developed into a permanent lively meeting place of scientists from different fields from all over the world, where science could take place at its best.