We are pleased to announce that Marie E. Rognes, research professor at the Simula Research Center in Norway, will give the SFB 1313 "Pretty Porous Science Lecture" #17. Her talk will be on "Mathematical modelling of human brain transport: from medical images to biophysical simulation".
Date: Thursday, 28 April 2022
Time: 4:00 pm CET
Speaker: Prof. Marie E. Rognes, Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo (Norway)
Lecture title: "Mathematical modelling of human brain transport: from medical images to biophysical simulation"
Place: The lecture will be a hybrid lecture. A small audience is possible in Pfaffenwaldring 61 MML, additionally the lecture is offered online. After registration, you will receive the meeting information.
Registration: If you are interested in participating in the lecture, please contact katharina.heck@iws.uni-stuttgart.de
Abstract
Your brain has its own waterscape: whether you are reading, thinking or sleeping, fluid flows through or around the brain tissue, clearing waste in the process. These biophysical processes are crucial for the well-being and function of the brain. In spite of their importance we understand them but little, and mathematical and computational modelling could play a crucial role in gaining new insight. In this talk, I will give an overview of mathematical, mechanical and numerical approaches to understand mechanisms underlying solute transport in the human brain. Topics include generalized poroelasticity, fluid-structure interactions, mixed finite element discretizations and preconditioning, uncertainty quantification, and optimal control.
About Marie E. Rognes
Marie E. Rognes is Chief Research Scientist and Research Professor in Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis at Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo, Norway and Professor II at the Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Norway. She received her Ph.D from the University of Oslo in 2009 with an extended stay at the University of Minneapolis, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, US. She has been at Simula Research Laboratory since 2009, led its Department for Biomedical Computing from 2012-2016 and currently leads a number of research projects focusing on mathematical modelling and numerical methods for brain mechanics including an ERC Starting Grant in Mathematics (2017-2023). She won the 2015 Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software, the 2018 Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Prize for Young Researchers within the Natural Sciences, is a Founding Member of the Young Academy of Norway and a core developer/member of the FEniCS Steering Council.
