Luca Gerardo-Giorda

Prof. Dr.

Luca Gerardo-Giorda

Prof. Dr.

Group Leader
Mathematical Methods in Medicine and Life Sciences

+43 732 2468 4141
lgg(at)ricam.oeaw.ac.at

Biographical sketch

born on March 19, 1972 in Barge (CN), Italy
1996: Laurea Degree in Mathematics, University of Turin, Italy
2002: Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Trento, Italy
2014: Qualification to Professor in Applied Mathematics (Section 26), French Ministry of Research
2018: Qualification to Full Professor in Numerical Anaysis, Italian Ministry of University and Research

Former and Current Positions

1999-2002: PhD student at University of Trento, Italy
2001: Stagiaire de Recherche, Centre de Mathematiques Appliquees, Ecole Politechnique, Paris, France
2003-2004: Marie Curie Industry Fellow, Division of Applied Mathematics, Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil Malmaison, France
2004-2007: Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Trento, Italy
2008-2010: Post Doc Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta (GA), USA
2010-2011: Fellow of the Centre for Disease Ecology, Emory University, Atlanta (GA), USA
2011-2014: Senior Researcher, Mathematical Biology and Molecular Simulation Group, BCAM Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain
2014-2020: Research Line Leader, Mathematical Modelling in Bioscience, BCAM Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain
since Feb. 2020: Full Professor of Mathematical Methods in Medicine and Life Sciences, Johannes Kepler University Linz
since Feb. 2020: Group Leader of Mathematical Methods in Medicine and Life Sciences Group, RICAM

Research interests

Biomedical modeling and simulation
Electrocardiology and Radiofrequency ablation
Multiscale Glioma modeling
Infectious diseases
Numerical Approximation of PDE
Fractional diffusion

Publications

Impact of the dispersive patch placement on dissipated power in radiofrequency ablation for pulmonary vein isolation via a virtual patient study. / Anees, Minha; Weidmann, Zoraida Moreno; Vilades Medel, David et al.
in: Scientific Reports, Jahrgang 15, Nr. 1, 6986, 27.02.2025.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
Higher-order thermal modeling and computational analysis of laser ablation in anisotropic cardiac tissue. / Bianconi, Federica; Leoni, Massimiliano; Petras, Argyrios et al.
in: Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 24.02.2025.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
Is a single lethal electric field threshold sufficient to characterize the lesion size in computational modeling of cardiac pulsed-field ablation? / Petras, Argyrios; Amoros Figueras, Gerard; Weidmann, Zoraida Moreno et al.
in: Heart Rhythm O2, 21.02.2025.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
Fully nonlinear inverse poroelasticity: Stress-free configuration recover. / Barnafi, Nicolas; Petras, Argyrios; Gerardo-Giorda, Luca.
in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Jahrgang 425, 04.04.2024, S. 116960.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
Calibration of a three-state cell death model for cardiomyocytes and its application in radiofrequency ablation. / Petras, Argyrios; Leoni, Massimiliano; Guerra, Jose M et al.
in: Physiological Measurement, 08.06.2023.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
Blood flow but not cannula positioning influences the efficacy of Veno-Venous ECMO therapy. / Leoni, Massimiliano; Szasz, Johannes; Meier, Jens et al.
in: Scientific Reports, 05.12.2022.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
Impact of the electrode tip shape on catheter performance in cardiac radiofrequency ablation. / Petras, Argyrios; Weidmann, Moreno; Ferrero, Echeverria et al.
in: Heart Rhythm, 10.08.2022.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
Oscillations in K(ATP) conductance drive slow calcium oscillations in pancreatic beta-cells. / Marinelli, Isabella; Thompson, Benjamin M; Parekh, Vishal S et al.
in: Biophysical Journal, Jahrgang 121, Nr. 8, 19.04.2022, S. 1449-1464.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
A transversely isotropic thermo-hyperelastic constitutive model of myocardial tissue with a three-state cell death dynamics for cardiac radiofrequency ablation. / Molinari, Leonardo; Gerardo-Giorda, Luca; Gizzi, Alessio.
in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Jahrgang 161, 15.04.2022, S. ARTN 104810.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
A denoising tool for the reconstruction of cortical geometries from MRI. / Dassi, Franco; Kroos, Julia M; Gerardo-Giorda, L et al.
in: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Jahrgang 191, 15.01.2022, S. 14-32.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
Systematic Characterization of High-Power Short-Duration Ablation: Insight From an Advanced Virtual Model. / Petras, A; Weidmann, Moreno; Leoni, M et al.
in: Frontiers in Medical Technology, Jahrgang 3, 12.11.2021.
DOI RIS ENW BIB
A space-fractional bidomain framework for cardiac electrophysiology: 1D alternans dynamics. / Cusimano, Nicole; Gerardo-Giorda, Luca; Gizzi, Alessio.
in: Chaos, Jahrgang 31, Nr. 7, 15.07.2021, S. ARTN 073123.
DOI RIS ENW BIB

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Luca Gerardo-Giorda

Luca Gerardo-Giorda

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