Prof. Dr. Anna Marciniak-Czochra
Project Leader B05
Heidelberg University
Institute of Applied Mathematics
Im Neuenheimer Feld 205
69120 Heidelberg
anna.marciniak@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

Professional Career
since 2016
Director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics
Heidelberg University
since 2011
Full Professor (W3) of Applied Analysis
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences and an associated member of the Interdisciplinary Center of Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University
2011
Visiting Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of Lyon, France
2011
Dr. habil.
University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
2008-2011
Independent Research Group Leader
ERC Starting Grant and Emmy-Noether- Group, IWR and BIOQUANT, Heidelberg University
2008
Visiting Faculty Member
Mathematical Bioscience Institute, Columbus Ohio, USA
2007-2008
Project leader
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (WIN Kolleg)
2004-2007
Postdoctoral project leader
Center for Modeling and Simulation in Biosciences (BIOMS), IWR, Heidelberg University
2004
Dr. rer. nat.
Heidelberg University; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Willi Jäger
1998
Diploma (mgr) in mathematics
University of Warsaw, Poland; Advisor: Prof. Dr. M.Lachowicz
Achievements & Awards
2022
ERC Synergy Grant
“PerPetuating Stemness: From single-cell analysis to mechanistic spatio-temporal models of neural stem cell dynamics” (PEPS)
since 2020
Member
Commission for Research and Strategy, Heidelberg University
since 2020
Member of the Board
Flagship Initiative Engineering Molecular Systems (Fl EMS) of the Excellence Strategy of Heidelberg University
since 2019
Elected representativeat the Senat
Heidelberg University
since 2019
Principal Investigator
“Structures” Cluster of Excellence (DFG), Heidelberg University
2019-2020
Fellow
Marsilius Kolleg, Heidelberg University
since 2019
International Scientific Advisory Board
Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Görlitz
since 2018
ESMTB representative
European Mathematical Society (EMS)
2018
Simons Professor
Mathematical Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
2016-2018
Organising Committee
Year of Mathematical Biology 2018 (EMS/ESMTB)
since 2014
Member of the Research Council
Interdisciplinary Field of Focus “Structure and pattern formation in the material world”, Excellence Initiative, Heidelberg University
since 2014
Member of the Executive Board
Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences (HGS), Heidelberg University
since 2014
Board Member
ESMTB (European Society of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology)
2013-2017
Board Member
Mathematics Center Heidelberg (MATCH), Heidelberg University
2012-2016
Speaker
Kollegiates of Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
2012-2016
Deputy Director
Institute of Applied Mathematics, Heidelberg University
2011
Kollegiat
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
since 2010
Principal Investigator
DFG Collaborative Research Center 873 (SFB 873)
2010
AcademiaNet Portal
Outstanding Female Scientists and Scholars of Robert Bosch Foundation (nominated by DFG)
2008
Emmy-Noether-Programme
German Research Council (DFG)
2008
ERC Starting Grant
European Research Council
2007
WIN-Kolleg
Heidelberg Academy of Science and Humanities
Publications
Injury-induced MAPK activation triggers body axis formation in Hydra by default Wnt signaling
The Wnt-specific astacin proteinase HAS-7 restricts head organizer formation in Hydra
Long-time shadow limit for a reaction–diffusion-ODE system
Kowall, C., A. Marciniak-Czochra, and A. Mikelic. February 2021. Applied Mathematics Letters. 106790.
Learn moreHysteresis-driven pattern formation in reaction-diffusion-ODE systems
Alexandra Köthe, Anna Marciniak-Czochra and Izumi Takagi. American Institute of Mathematical Science. June 2020, 40(6): 3595-3627. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2020170
Learn moreQuiescence Modulates Stem Cell Maintenance and Regenerative Capacity in the Aging Brain
Kalamakis G, Brüne D, Ravichandran S, Bolz J, Fan W, Ziebell F, Stiehl T, Catalá-Martinez F, Kupke J, Zhao S, Llorens-Bobadilla E, Bauer K, Limpert S, Berger B, Christen U, Schmezer P, Mallm JP, Berninger B, Anders S, Del Sol A, Marciniak-Czochra A, Martin-Villalba A. Cell. 2019 Mar 7;176(6):1407-1419.e14. PMID: 30827680
Learn morePost-Turing tissue pattern formation: Advent of mechanochemistry
Brinkmann F, Mercker M, Richter T, Marciniak-Czochra A. PLoS Comput Biol. 2018 Jul 3;14(7):e1006259. PMID:29969460
Learn moreDynamical spike solutions in a nonlocal model of pattern formation
Marciniak-Czochra, S. Härting, G. Karch and K. Suzuki (2018, Mar 27), Nonlinearity 31: 1757.
Learn moreRevealing age related changes of adult hippocampal neurogenesis using mathematical models
Development. 2018 Jan 8;145(1):dev153544. doi: 10.1242/dev.153544. PMID: 29229768
Learn moreStable patterns with jump discontinuity in systems with Turing instability and hysteresis
Härting, S., A. Marciniak-Czochra, and I. Takagi. February 2017. Disc. Cont. Dyn. Systems A. 37: 757-800.
Learn moreMechanochemical symmetry breaking in Hydra aggregates
Biophys J. 2015 May 5;108(9):2396-407. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.03.033. PMID: 25954896
Learn moreA mechanochemical model for embryonic pattern formation: Coupling tissue mechanics and morphogen expression
PLoS One. 2013 Dec 20;8(12):e82617. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082617. eCollection 2013. PMID: 24376555
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