Alfonso Caiazzo

Dr. Alfonso Caiazzo is a researcher at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) in Berlin, leading the Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computing group. Since 2010, he has held a postdoctoral researcher position at WIAS, focusing on computational methods for biomedical and engineering applications. His work integrates mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, and scientific computing to address challenges in fluid dynamics, tissue mechanics, and multiscale systems. Caiazzo holds a joint PhD from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and TU Kaiserslautern (2006-2007), with prior postdoctoral experiences at institutions including the University of Trento, INRIA, and the University of Amsterdam.

His research interests span mathematical modeling of biological flows, finite element methods, agent-based modeling, and lattice Boltzmann techniques. He has contributed to projects such as the MATH+ initiative (Berlin Mathematics Research Center) and the EuroHPC-funded dealii-X framework, focusing on exascale computing for biomedical applications. Key collaborations include work with Prof. D. Peterseim (University of Augsburg) on poroelasticity and multiscale methods, and Prof. I. Sack on magnetic resonance elastography.

Caiazzo has taught courses at Freie Universität Berlin, including Linear Algebra for Physicists and Mathematics for Geosciences. His funded projects emphasize data-driven reduced-order models, computational hemodynamics, and cancer growth modeling. Current research includes inverse estimation in poroelastic tissues, multiscale coupling of vascularized tissues, and exascale framework development for digital twins of the human body.