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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

John Lowengrub is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a significant focus on modeling and simulation as well as cellular biology.

Their work is published extensively in well-known scientific venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Journal of Mathematical Biology

Lowengrub's main fields of study encompass biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. They have contributed notably to various subfields, such as:

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Cell Biology
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist's research research topics cover a diverse range of subjects including:

  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
  • Solidification and crystal growth phenomena

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • The Liver Tumor Segmentation Benchmark (LiTS), 2022, Medical Image Analysis
  • A multiscale model of virus pandemic: Heterogeneous interactive entities in a globally connected world, 2020, CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
  • An in vitro vascularized micro-tumor model of human colorectal cancer recapitulates in vivo responses to standard-of-care therapy, 2021, Lab on a Chip
  • Mathematical modeling of cancer immunotherapy for personalized clinical translation, 2022, Nature Computational Science
  • A diffuse domain method for two-phase flows with large density ratio in complex geometries, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Shuwang Li
  • Meng Zhao
  • Pedro H. A. Anjos
  • Zirui Zhang
  • Ivan Ezhov

John Lowengrub has been recognized as a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019 and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Quasi–incompressible Cahn–Hilliard fluids and topological transitions

    J. Lowengrub;L. Truskinovsky

  • The Liver Tumor Segmentation Benchmark (LiTS)

    Patrick Bilic;Patrick Ferdinand Christ;Eugene Vorontsov;Grzegorz Chlebus

  • Removing the stiffness from interfacial flows with surface tension

    Thomas Y. Hou;John S. Lowengrub;Michael J. Shelley

  • Nonlinear modelling of cancer: Bridging the gap between cells and tumours

    J. S. Lowengrub;H. B. Frieboes;H. B. Frieboes;F. Jin;F. Jin;Y. L. Chuang

  • Three-dimensional multispecies nonlinear tumor growth--I Model and numerical method.

    S. M. Wise;J. S. Lowengrub;H. B. Frieboes;H. B. Frieboes;Vittorio Cristini

  • An Energy-Stable and Convergent Finite-Difference Scheme for the Phase Field Crystal Equation

    S. M. Wise;C. Wang;J. S. Lowengrub

  • Multiscale modelling and nonlinear simulation of vascular tumour growth.

    Paul Macklin;Steven McDougall;Alexander R. A. Anderson;Mark A. J. Chaplain

  • Nonlinear simulation of tumor growth.

    Vittorio Cristini;John Lowengrub;Qing Nie

  • Conservative multigrid methods for Cahn-Hilliard fluids

    Junseok Kim;Kyungkeun Kang;John Lowengrub

  • Stable and efficient finite-difference nonlinear-multigrid schemes for the phase field crystal equation

    Z. Hu;S. M. Wise;C. Wang;J. S. Lowengrub

  • Nonlinear simulations of solid tumor growth using a mixture model: invasion and branching

    Vittorio Cristini;Xiangrong Li;John S. Lowengrub;Steven M. Wise

  • Multiscale Modeling of Cancer: An Integrated Experimental and Mathematical Modeling Approach

    Vittorio Cristini;John S. Lowengrub

  • A surfactant-conserving volume-of-fluid method for interfacial flows with insoluble surfactant

    Ashley J. James;John Lowengrub

  • Boundary integral methods for multicomponent fluids and multiphase materials

    T. Y. Hou;J. S. Lowengrub;M. J. Shelley

  • Computer simulation of glioma growth and morphology.

    Hermann B. Frieboes;Hermann B. Frieboes;John S. Lowengrub;S. Wise;X. Zheng

  • Three-Dimensional Multispecies Nonlinear Tumor Growth–II: Tumor Invasion and Angiogenesis

    Hermann B. Frieboes;Fang Jin;Fang Jin;Yao-Li Chuang;Steven M. Wise

  • SOLVING PDES IN COMPLEX GEOMETRIES: A DIFFUSE DOMAIN APPROACH.

    X. Li;J. Lowengrub;A. Ratz;A. Voigt

  • A diffuse-interface method for two-phase flows with soluble surfactants

    Knut Erik Teigen;Peng Song;John Lowengrub;Axel Voigt

  • A level-set method for interfacial flows with surfactant

    Jian-Jun Xu;Zhilin Li;John Lowengrub;Hongkai Zhao

  • The effect of interstitial pressure on tumor growth: coupling with the blood and lymphatic vascular systems

    Min Wu;Hermann B. Frieboes;Steven Robert McDougall;Mark A. J. Chaplain

  • INVITED ARTICLE: Nonlinear modelling of cancer: bridging the gap between cells and tumours

    John S. Lowengrub;H. B. Frieboes;Fengfei Jin;Y.-L. Chuang

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven M. Wise
Steven M. Wise University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Junseok Kim
Junseok Kim Korea University
Axel Voigt
Axel Voigt TU Dresden
Thomas Y. Hou
Thomas Y. Hou California Institute of Technology
Mark A. J. Chaplain
Mark A. J. Chaplain University of St Andrews
Cheng Wang
Cheng Wang University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Michael Shelley
Michael Shelley Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Vivek B. Shenoy
Vivek B. Shenoy University of Pennsylvania
Nicola Bellomo
Nicola Bellomo University of Granada
Christopher W. Macosko
Christopher W. Macosko University of Minnesota

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