The PhD defence and trial lecture will be streamed. The chair of the defence will moderate the disputation.
Ex auditorio questions: the chair of the defence will invite the audience physically present in the auditorium to ask ex auditorio questions.
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Trial lecture
Time and place: February 28, 2025; 10:15 AM, - Lille Fysiske auditorium (V232) - Fysikkbygningen
Title: "Viscoelasticity"
Main research findings
Using a mathematical model called the multi-phase field model, we study the collective emergent behavior of two-dimensional active, deformable cells. These cells move actively, i.e., they generate their motion by using energy themselves, in contrast to passive motion, which occurs due to the application of external forces. Here, emergence refers to atypical behavior that occurs only when cells interact collectively and is absent when cells are observed individually or in small quantities. This collective behavior of the cells is essential for understanding several key biological phenomena, including morphogenesis (the emergence of form and shape of organisms), cancer invasion, and wound healing. We find that cell deformation and neighbor exchange events between cells are relevant for stress release, cell mixing in tissues, and emergent cell shape symmetries.
Adjudication Committee
- Professor Sriram Ramaswamy, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, India
- Associate Professor Anton Souslov, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, UK
- Dr. Paula Reis, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
Supervisors
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Professor Luiza Angheluta-Bauer, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
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Professor Anders Malthe-Sørnessen, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
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Professor Dag Kristian Dysthe, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
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Professor Andreas Carlson, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Norway
Chair of defence
Head of Department, Susanne Friederike Viefers, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
Candidate contact information
LinkedIn: Harish Pruthviraj Jain
Phone: 96724637
E-mail: harishpj@fys.uio.no
Contact information to Department: Line Trosterud Resvold