About
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Ursula van Rienen is a faculty member at the University of Rostock, holding the Chair of Theoretical Electrical Engineering within the Interdisciplinary Faculty (INF). Her research bridges accelerator physics and biomedical engineering, focusing on electromagnetic field simulations and their interactions with biological tissues.
Main Research Areas:
- Accelerator Physics: Beam dynamics, high-frequency structures, and superconducting cavities in colliders.
- Biomedical Engineering: Computational modeling of electric fields in deep brain stimulation, bone regeneration, and cartilage tissue engineering.
Scientific Contributions: Her work includes publications on multiphysics simulations, impedance analysis, and neural networks, with a focus on translating electromagnetic theory to medical applications like electrical implants. She leads the DFG Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1270 ELAINE on electrically active implants and participates in international collaborations such as the International Muon Collider Collaboration.
Teaching: Courses include Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Computational Modeling of Physiological Systems, and Advanced Electromagnetic Simulation.
Contact: ursula.van-rienen@uni-rostock.de | Room Ex 105a, Rostock.
