Education

Supervisor: Nina Reiter

Starting Date: open

Supervisor: Oskar Neumann

Starting Date: open

• Entwicklung einer Softwarelösung zur Erstellung von 3D-Netzen von Zellstrukturen aus mikroskopischen Bilddaten
• Mechanical and microstructural characterization of the murine extraorbital lacrimal gland
• Quantification of Stiffness Gradients in Porcine Brain Tissue and Alginate-based Hydrogels Through Indentation Experiments
• Effects of cell proliferation on the mechanical behaviour of alginate-based hydrogels
• Poro-viscoelastic modeling and simulation of regional brain tissue properties under different loading conditions
• Computational modeling and simulation of spatio-temporal COVID-19 outbreak dynamics in Germany
• Quantitative analysis of cellular and extracellular components of human brain tissue through Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA)
• Experimental analysis of the effects of cell differentiation and proliferation on the mechanical properties of cell-laden alginate-based hydrogels
• Insights into the Microstructural Origin of Brain Viscoelasticity
• Multi-Modal Mechanical Analysis and Inverse Parameter Identification of Human Brain Tissue
• Analysis of the individual contributions of cells and matrix material on the mechanical properties of alginate-based hydrogels
• Computational Analysis of Wrinkling Modes in the Developing Brain
• A systematic study towards the rheology of healthy and diseased human brain tissue and its correlation with the underlying microstructure
• A continuum based model to investigate geometrical instabilities under different modes of compression
• Mechanical Characterization of Human Brain Tissue
• Investigation of the influence of myelination on the mechanical properties of brain tissue using Abaqus

• Validation of a numerical model for human brain development via microscope images and analytical predictions
• Experimental and computational analysis of geometrical effects of cortical folding
• Numerical Investigations towards the Hyper- and Viscoelasticity of Human Brain Tissue
• Understanding how our brain folds: growth-induced geometric instabilities in hyperelastic bilayers
• Computational aspects of growth-induced geometric instabilities: a comparison of linear and quadratic finite elements

• Rheological and Microstructural Characterization of Human Brain Organoids
• Quantifying microstructural components of human brain tissue through histological and immunohistochemical staining
• Mechanical analysis of oxidized alginate-based hydrogels as substitute materials for brain tissue
• Implementation of a Turing reaction-diffusion system to elucidate brain folding
• Regional, directional, and species-dependent mechanical properties of brain tissue
• Experimental and computational investigation of buckling instabilities in thin polymer films as a model problem for brain folding