Professor Dr. Angela Stevens
Current affiliations
- Professur für Angewandte Analysis (Prof. Stevens)
- Center for Nonlinear Science
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Mathematical modelling in biology and medicine
- Analysis
- Non-linear partial differential equations
- Integro-differential equations
- Stochastic many particle systems
- Self-organization and pattern formation in interacting cellular systems
- Cell motion and chemotaxis
- The cellular cytoskeleton
- Developmental cell systems
- Neurobiology
Academic Education | |
| 09/1992 | PhD (summa cum laude), Applied Mathematics, University of Heidelberg |
| 05/1986 | Diploma, Pure Mathematics, University of Cologne (Minor areas of study: Biology, Economics) |
Work Experience | |
| since 03/2011 | Full Professor, Faculty for Mathematics and Informatics, University of Münster (WWU) |
| since 11/2006 | Honorary Professor, University of Leipzig |
| 04/2007 - 02/2011 | Full Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Heidelberg |
| 06/2001 - 03/2007 | Research Group Leader (Associate Professor, C3), Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MPI MIS), Leipzig (permanent) |
| 2004 | Visiting Professor, Sapporo, Hokkaido University, Japan |
| 2003 | Visiting Professor, Cergy, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France |
| 2001 | Visiting Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto, Japan |
| 03/1999 - 05/2001 | Project Leader (permanent), Mathematical Biology, Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MPI MIS), Leipzig, Germany |
| 04/1997 - 08/1998 | Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, USA, supported by the German Science Foundation (DFG) |
| 10/1994 - 04/1997 | Research Scientist – C1, IWR, University of Heidelberg |
| 11/1992 - 09/1994 | Research Associate, IWR, University of Heidelberg |
| 06/1986 - 10/1992 | Research Associate, SFB 123, Stochastic Mathematical Models, University of Heidelberg |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2016 | Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats des WIAS Berlin (Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics) |
| since 2014 | Advisory Editor: Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences |
| since 2011 | PI im Exzellenzcluster Cells in Motion (CiM) |
| since 2011 | Editor of the Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life-Sciences |
| since 2011 | Sprecherin des Zentrums DEMAIN (DEveloping MAthematics in INteraction) |
| since 2008 | Springer Book Series Editor: Applied Mathematical Sciences |
| since 2007 | Member of the Editorial Board: Networks and Heterogeneous Media |
| since 2007 | Member of the International Advisory Boards of the Milenium Institute for Cell Dynamics and Biotechnology (ICDB): A Center for Systems Biology, University of Chile, Santiago de Chile |
| since 2000 | Board Member: Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Application |
| since 1999 | Editor: Acta Biotheoretica |
| 2012 - 2015 | Member of the Scientific Comittee of the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) |
| 2007 - 2011 | Member of the Scientific Board of the Center for Modelling and Simulation in the Biosciences (BIOMS), Heidelberg |
| 2007 - 2011 | Member of the Extended Board of Directors of IWR, Heidelberg |
| 1997 - 2002 | Board Member of the 'European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology - ESMTB |
Appointments | |
| 2011 | Offer to a Professorship, University of Cologne (rejected) |
| 2001 | Offer to a Professorship, Georgia Institute of Technology (rejected) |
Publications
Budde, Ilka; Schlichting, André; Ing, David; Schimmelpfennig, Sandra; Kuntze, Anna; Fels, Benedikt; Romac, Joelle M.-J.; Swain, Sandip M.; Liddle, Rodger A.; Stevens, Angela; Schwab, Albrecht; Pethő, Zoltán (2024) In: BioRxiv, 2024 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Luckhaus, Stephan; Stevens, Angela (2023) In: Journal of Mathematical Biology, 86(45) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Luckhaus, Stephan; Stevens, Angela (2023) In: Ensaios Matemáticos, 38 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Stevens, Angela; Winkler, Michael (2022) In: Communications in Partial Differential Equations, 47(12) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Luckhaus, Stephan; Stevens, Angela (2022) In: Morel, Jean Michel; Teissier, Bernard (eds.), Mathematics Going Forward. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 2313. Cham: Springer. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/07/2015 - 31/10/2017 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Cells in Motion (CiM) Graduate School and International Max Planck Research School - Molecular Biomedicine (CiM-IMPRS) Duration: since 01/01/2010 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Culture and Science of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Type of project: Individual project |
Prizes
| Winner of the 'SIAM Student Paper Competition' for PhD-thesis Awarded by: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Award given to: Stevens, Angela Date of awarding: 01/01/1992 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| On a minimal model for cell movement Candidate: Fuhrmann Jan | Supervisors: Stevens A Period of time: until 20/12/2012 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster) | |
| Global solutions and finite time blowup in a two species model for chemotaxis Candidate: Espejo, Elio Eduardo | Supervisors: Stevens A, Miersemann E, Velazquez JJL Period of time: until 20/08/2008 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster) | |
| A Biofluid Dynamic Model for Centrifugal Accelerated Cell Culture Systems Candidate: Chan, Raymond | Supervisors: Stevens A, Scheuermann G, Velazquez JJL Period of time: until 20/08/2008 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster) |