Senja Barthel

Dr. Senja Barthel is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research bridges geometric topology and mathematical chemistry, focusing on spatial graphs and their applications in materials science. She is affiliated with the Center for Topology and Applications Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sustainability Institute, and NWO DIAMANT cluster.

• Current projects include Topology of molecular braids (NWO M1 grant), geometrical analysis for mass transport, and contributions to the NWA Emergence Consortium (WP4.3 and WP4.4).
• Research interests: entanglements in spatial graphs, embeddings in surfaces, pore geometry in materials, energy landscapes, crystal net topologies, and topological data analysis for molecular modeling.
• Teaching includes Linear Algebra, Differential Topology, and Calculus at BSc levels, with supervision of BSc and PhD projects.

Her recent publications analyze ion diffusion in solids, thermal transport in ZIFs, and topological descriptors for crystal networks, reflecting interdisciplinary work combining mathematics, chemistry, and computational methods. Collaborators include Magnus Botnan (Dutch Applied Topology days) and Amber Mace (Uppsala Universitet).