Angelika Manhart
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FOR MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA
I am a researcher in the interdisciplinary field of mathematics and
molecular biology. I am an Assistant Professor in Mathematical
Biology at the Faculty of Mathematics at the
University
of Vienna and hold an honorary position as Associate Professor
in Applied Mathematics at the Mathematics Department of
University
College London (UCL).
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Scientific Interests
The interplay between mathematics and biology has always interested
me. I believe that using good mathematical models we can capture,
describe and eventually better understand biological phenomena.
Biologically
I am interested in
- Collective motion and pattern formation in e.g. sperm or
myxobacteria
- Cell migration, e.g. keratocyte movement
- Muscle development, in particular with regards to myonuclear
movement and size control
- The cytoskeleton, particularly actin networks and the
interplay with accessory molecules like myosin or cofilin
Mathematically I am interested in
- Non-linear PDEs and ODEs (traveling waves, bifurcations,
long-term behavior and asymptotic analysis)
- Agent-based models
- Kinetic transport equations
- The Micro-Macro passage from particle-based to macroscopic
models
- Numerical simulations
More details on my current and past projects can be found on my
research page.