Prof. Dr. Ellen Kuhl

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAutomation, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Intelligent Technical Systems, Robotics,Mechanics,Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Keywordsliving matter, computational mechanics, continuum mechanics, biophysics, soft matter

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityStanford
InstitutionStanford University
InstituteDepartment of Mechanical Engineering
Homepagehttp://biomechanics.stanford.edu

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paul SteinmannLehrstuhl für Technische Mechanik (LTM), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
Prof. Dr. Silvia BuddayDepartment Maschinenbau, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2016

Programme(s)

2015Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Kuhl is an internationally leading expert in living matter physics, the creation of theoretical and computational models to predict the acute and chronic response of living structures to environmental changes during development and disease. She has made important contributions to the understanding of living biological systems in health and disease with applications to the cardiovascular system, the musculoskeletal system and the brain. In Germany, Professor Kuhl continues her research on growth mechanisms that result in wrinkling patterns displayed by the outmost layers of mammal brain and their relation to brain malfunctioning.