Martin Ostoja-Starzewski

Martin Ostoja-Starzewski, Ph.D. (McGill), is a Professor of Mechanical Science & Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with affiliate appointments at the Beckman Institute and National Center for Supercomputing Applications. His research spans continuum mechanics, stochastic wave propagation, and fractal media, focusing on scaling laws and the statistical-to-representative volume element transition.

• 2006–Present: Professor, UIUC
• 2001–2005: Canada Research Chair, McGill University
• 2023: Rothschild Distinguished Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge
• 2022: Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
• 2024: Academia Europaea Foreign Member

His work pioneered continuum mechanics with spontaneous second law violations and tensor random fields for stochastic PDEs. He authored four foundational books, including Tensor-Valued Random Fields for Continuum Physics (2019), and edited 16 special issues. Recent 2025–2023 articles explore odd elasticity, fractal thermodynamics, and stochastic wavefronts, bridging non-equilibrium thermodynamics to granular Couette systems. Scientific accolades include the Worcester Reed Warner Medal (2018) and ASME, AAM, SES fellowships. As part-time faculty at Beckman Institute (2008–Present), he integrates bioimaging with mechanics across electrosurgery and traumatic brain injury modeling.