Dr Dumitru Trucu

Reader in Mathematics,

Mathematics, University of Dundee,

Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom,

Email: d.trucu[at]dundee.ac.uk

working in

Applied Mathematics: Multiscale Modelling, Analysis, and Scientific Computing in Mathematical Biology and Medicine

with 4 main areas of significant research interest:
(1) multiscale moving boundary computational modelling and analysis of cancer invasion within fibrous extracellular matrix environment;
(2) spatio-temporal-structural modelling and analysis of tissue dynamics;
(3) multiscale modelling of cancer – oncolytic virus dynamic interactions;
(4) inverse problems, focused on data assimilation in biological and clinical modelling.

Experience:

  • 01 April 2022 – present: Reader in Mathematics, Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK (tenured position in the UK University System that is strictly higher than Associate Professor but just below full Chair Professor)
  • 01 October 2018 – 31 March 2022: Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Mathematics, Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK (tenured position in the UK University System equivalent to tenured Associate Professor position in North America)
  • 01 September 2012 – 30 September 2018: Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Mathematics, Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK  
  • 01 September 2009 – 31 August 2012: Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Mathematics, Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
  • 10 July 2006 – 09 July 2009: Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Centre for Computational Fluid Dynamics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  • September 2003 – 31 December 2005: Yale University Fellowship in the Program in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
  • September 2002 – 15 May 2003: Teaching and Research Assistant in the Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
  • 15 February 2002 – 15 August 2002: Marie Curie Fellowship in the “Control Training Site” Program, Department of Mathematics, Universite Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France.

Higher Education:

  • PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, July 2006 – June 2009. Acknowledgment: My entire Ph.D. Studies have been fully supported by the European Union, European Commission – Research, through the highly competitive prestigious award of a 3-year Marie Curie Fellowship, 10 July 2006 – 09 July 2009.
  • Master of Science in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Yale University, USA, September 2003 – December 2005.
  • Master of Science in Pure Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Romania, September 2000 – February 2002.
  • Bachelor’s Degree (Hons.) in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics-Advanced Studies (Research), Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Romania, September 1996 – June 2000.