Prof. Dr. Karol Miller

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMedical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,Numerical Analysis, Optimization, Simulation
Keywordssoft tissues, surgical simulation, meshless methods, biomechanics, brain

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityPerth
InstitutionUniversity of Western Australia
InstituteIntelligent Systems for Medicine Laboratory

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ron KikinisFachbereich 03 Mathematik und Informatik, Medical Image Computing, Universität Bremen, Bremen
Prof. Dr. Marek BehrLehrstuhl für Computergestützte Analyse Technischer Systeme (CATS), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Aachen
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2016

Programme(s)

2015Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Miller is an international authority in the field of biomechanics of soft tissues for surgical simulation. His research program aims at bringing the success of computational sciences to bio-medicine and making a new exiting era of personalized medicine based on patient-specific scientific computation a reality. During his stay in Germany, Professor Miller cooperates with German researchers to advance further the realization of this grand vision.