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Alessia Lucca serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of Physics and Tutor for the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Trento. Her research develops advanced numerical methods for simulating blood flow dynamics in elastic and viscoelastic vascular networks, with direct applications to cardiovascular diagnostics including Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) prediction. She actively contributes to graduate education through the Environmental and Land Engineering program.
Her primary research domains include:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics for biological systems
- Numerical analysis of partial differential equations
- Finite volume and finite element method development
- Cardiovascular biomechanics modeling
- Scientific computing for medical applications
Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate consistent innovation in semi-implicit and hybrid numerical schemes for blood flow simulation, particularly addressing challenges in vessel elasticity modeling and clinical FFR prediction. Her work bridges mathematical rigor with practical cardiovascular medicine through collaborations with leading researchers like Michael Dumbser and Lucas Omar Muller. The research shows strong emphasis on computational efficiency and physiological accuracy in vascular network simulations.
Dr. Lucca teaches the graduate course Numerical methods for the environment, covering theoretical and practical aspects of ODE/PDE solvers for geophysical systems. The course prepares students for advanced hydrodynamics studies while emphasizing real-world limitations and potentials of environmental modeling.
