Igor Chernyavsky

Dr. Igor Chernyavsky is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, The University of Manchester. His research focuses on complex living systems, particularly transport phenomena and biofluid dynamics in tissue physiology. He leads projects in continuum mechanics, mathematics in life sciences, and uncertainty quantification. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through initiatives like Digital Futures, Christabel Pankhurst Institute, and Henry Royce Institute.

Research interests include placental hemodynamics, biomimetic models, and multiscale modeling of biological systems. Key projects involve placental circulation modeling for stillbirth prediction, umbilical cord dynamics, and microfluidic studies of blood flow in porous media. He collaborates on placental imaging, bioreactor engineering, and clinical placentology.

Recent publications highlight placental oxygenation, umbilical cord solute transfer, and robust fabrication of PDMS microcapsules mimicking red blood cells. His work bridges experimental and theoretical approaches, emphasizing clinical translation.

He supervises PhD students and leads grants totaling £ millions, including Maternal & Fetal Health Research Centre (2018-2035) and ROBUST-BIOPRINT (2023-2025). He actively seeks collaborations in biomaterials, fluid dynamics, and biomedical engineering.

Labs/teams: Continuum Mechanics Group, Mathematics in Life Sciences Team, and Uncertainty Quantification & Data Science Group.