NWO just announced that two Radboud mathematicians were awarded M1 grants. M-grants are intended for innovative, high-quality, fundamental research and/or studies involving matters of scientific urgency
Cristoferi won an M1 grant with his project "ASAP: Analysis of Self-Assembly in Polymers. In this project he will use rigorous mathematical analysis to investigate the emergence of self- assembly in polymers and create mathematical tools to unleash their full power.
Nikolić won an M1 grant with her project "Taming complex multiphysics problems for waves". This project will develop a new mathematical methodology for handling a class of nonlinear differential equations that model interactions of acoustic waves with other phenomena, such as heat transfer or oscillating microbubbles. Multiphysics interactions of this kind are central to many ultrasound applications under development, ranging from noninvasive cancer treatments to contrast imaging and targeted drug delivery. In this project she aims to answer open questions about the properties of the underlying systems and, by leveraging the gained information and their multi-time-scale nature, design more efficient numerical methods for their control.
Congratulations to Vanja and Riccardo!