Sunčica Čanić

Sunčica Čanić is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, with prior appointments at the University of Houston. She holds a Ph.D. in nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws from Stony Brook University (1992).

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, Stony Brook University (1992)
• Research Interests:
  • Applied and numerical analysis of partial differential equations
  • Deterministic and stochastic fluid-structure interaction
  • Optimal design of vascular prostheses (stents)
  • Mathematical and computational modeling of bioartificial pancreas
  • Computational modeling of collective states in magnetic colloidal suspensions
  • Microswimmer dynamics
• Recent Publications:
  • Her recent work focuses on nonlinearly coupled stochastic and deterministic fluid-structure interaction problems, poroelastic materials, and computational optimization of biomedical devices like vascular stents and bioartificial pancreas scaffolds. Articles address existence of solutions, numerical methods, and applications in hemodynamics.
• Scientific Awards:
  • National Science Foundation Distinguished MPS Lecturer Award (2007)
  • Esther Farfel Award (2018)
  • SIAM Fellow (2014)
  • AMS Fellow (2020)
  • AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture Prize (2024)
• Advising and Grants:
  • Advised Ph.D. student Jeffrey Kuan, who received an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023).
  • Current research grants include NSF DMS-2408928 (2024-2027) for next-generation stent design and DMS-2247000 (2022-2025) for cell encapsulation modeling.
• Labs and Collaborations:
  • Collaborates with medical specialists at the Texas Medical Center and UC San Francisco Biodesign Laboratory.
  • Developed computational frameworks for stent design, bioartificial pancreas, and microswimmer dynamics with interdisciplinary teams.