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Sara Merino-Aceituno is a Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna. Her research focuses on kinetic theory and its applications to emergent phenomena in biology, medicine, and social sciences. She employs partial differential equations, probability, numerical simulations, and modeling to study systems where macroscopic patterns arise from microscopic interactions, such as cancer formation, pedestrian dynamics, and angiogenesis. She leads the Vienna Research Group for young investigators (WWTF-funded) project on kinetic theory applied to fertility, cancer, and development, collaborating with experimentalists and interdisciplinary teams.
Education and Affiliations: No explicit educational details provided, but she holds a professorship at the University of Vienna. Her group, The HERD (Mathematics of Emergence in Natural Domains), includes researchers like Claudia Mußnig-Wytrzens, Carmela Moschella, and Havva Yoldas.
Research Projects:
- WWTF Vienna Research Group grant (2018–2026): 1.6 million euros for studying kinetic theory in fertility, cancer, and development.
- Funded by FWF as part of SFB 65 'Taming Complexity in PDEs' for work on emergent properties in collective dynamics.
- Collaborates with biologists (e.g., Christa Bücker, Shotaro Otsuka) and mathematicians (e.g., Pierre Degond, Christian Schmeiser) on interdisciplinary projects.
Scientific Contributions: Her work bridges mathematical theory and real-world systems, including modeling cell behavior in tissues, collective motion of particles, and opinion dynamics on networks. Publications span topics like nematic alignment in swarms, mechanical constraints in epithelia, and continuum modeling of social systems.
Labs/Teams: Her team (The HERD) focuses on applying kinetic theory to biological and social systems. Collaborators include experimentalists and computational scientists, emphasizing cross-disciplinary synergy.
