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Offered since 2012, this informal lunchtime series is designed to build and strengthen bonds between people who teach, learn and work together daily, while fostering a deeper understanding of how each of us embraces the UC Irvine values.
Dr. Lowengrub has pioneered the development of mathematical models, applied analysis and numerical methods for problems in fluid dynamics, materials science, and mathematical medicine and biology. In the life sciences, he is best known for his work on multiscale modeling of cancer. Along with his collaborators, Dr. Lowengrub performed the first nonlinear simulations of the partial differential equations governing tumor growth.
His recent research focuses on elucidating the role of cancer stem cells on tumor initiation, progression and metastasis, on the interactions of tumor cells with the host microenvironment, on metabolic abnormalities and heterogeneity in tumors, and on the design of optimal treatment strategies. Working with experimental collaborators, Dr. Lowengrub has tested and validated predictions of the mathematical models and has used the models to reveal underlying biological mechanisms hidden in the experimental data. He is a co-leader of the Systems, Pathways and Targets Program at the Chao Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCI and the founding director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Mathematical, Computational and Systems Biology. In the School of Physical Sciences he served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics as well as its Vice Chair for Graduate Studies. Among his many accolades, Dr. Lowengrub received the Francois Frenkiel award from the American Physical Society, a UCI Distinguished MidCareer Award for Research, and the 2014 Julian Cole Lectureship by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Outside of the office, Dr. Lowengrub enjoys parenting his six children, five of whom are competitive swimmers. He also likes swimming, running and playing in the surf.
Offered since 2012, this informal lunchtime series is designed to build and strengthen bonds between people who teach, learn and work together daily, while fostering a deeper understanding of how each of us embraces the UC Irvine values.
Dr. Lowengrub has pioneered the development of mathematical models, applied analysis and numerical methods for problems in fluid dynamics, materials science, and mathematical medicine and biology. In the life sciences, he is best known for his work on multiscale modeling of cancer. Along with his collaborators, Dr. Lowengrub performed the first nonlinear simulations of the partial differential equations governing tumor growth.
His recent research focuses on elucidating the role of cancer stem cells on tumor initiation, progression and metastasis, on the interactions of tumor cells with the host microenvironment, on metabolic abnormalities and heterogeneity in tumors, and on the design of optimal treatment strategies. Working with experimental collaborators, Dr. Lowengrub has tested and validated predictions of the mathematical models and has used the models to reveal underlying biological mechanisms hidden in the experimental data. He is a co-leader of the Systems, Pathways and Targets Program at the Chao Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCI and the founding director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Mathematical, Computational and Systems Biology. In the School of Physical Sciences he served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics as well as its Vice Chair for Graduate Studies. Among his many accolades, Dr. Lowengrub received the Francois Frenkiel award from the American Physical Society, a UCI Distinguished MidCareer Award for Research, and the 2014 Julian Cole Lectureship by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Outside of the office, Dr. Lowengrub enjoys parenting his six children, five of whom are competitive swimmers. He also likes swimming, running and playing in the surf.
