Modeling of Microscale Transport in Biological Processes

Sid Becker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Canterbury. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and is a recipient of the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Grant. He has held academic positions in Germany, the United States, and New Zealand. His research is primarily in computational and analytical modelling of heat and mass transfer processes in biological media. Dr. Becker is also the editor of the book Modeling of Microscale Transport in Biological Processes (2017) and co-editor of the books Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Biological Processes (2015), and Transport in Biological Media (2013).

1. Molecular Simulations of Complex Membrane Models 2. Microbial Strategies for Oil Biodegradation 3. Modeling and Measurement of Biomolecular Transport and Sensing in Microfluidic Cell Culture and Analysis Systems 4. Coupling Microscale Transport and Tissue Mechanics: Modeling Strategies for Arterial Multiphysics 5. Modeling Cystic Fibrosis and Mucociliary Clearance 6. Intracellular Microfluid Transportation in Fast Growing Pollen Tubes 7. Microorganisms and Their Response to Stimuli 8. Nano-Swimmers in Lipid-Bilayer Membranes 9. Phase Field Modeling of Inhomogeneous Biomembranes in Flow 10. Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Thermal Therapy during Short Pulse Laser Irradiation 11. Micro-Scale Bio-Heat Diffusion Using Green’s Functions 12. Microstructural Influences on Growth and Transport in Biological Tissue - A Multiscale Description 13. How Dense Core Vesicles Are Delivered to Axon Terminals – A Review of Modeling Approaches 14. Modeling of Food Digestion