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Prof. Sarah Waters

Status
Academic Faculty

Professor of Applied Mathematics Tutorial Fellow of St Anne's college

Contact form
https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/waters/Waters/Dr_Sarah_Waters.html
+44 1865 280141
ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-0523
Research groups
  • Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • Mathematical Biology

Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Highlighted publications
The energetics of flow through a rapidly oscillating tube with slowly varying amplitude.
Whittaker, R Heil, M Waters, S Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci volume 369 issue 1947 2989-3006 (28 Jul 2011) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21690145
Predicting the onset of high-frequency self-excited oscillations in elastic-walled tubes
Whittaker, R Heil, M Jensen, O Waters, S Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences volume 466 issue 2124 3635-3657 (08 Dec 2010)
A multiphase model for tissue construct growth in a perfusion bioreactor.
O'Dea, R Waters, S Byrne, H Math Med Biol volume 27 issue 2 95-127 (Jun 2010) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19805485
The energetics of flow through a rapidly oscillating tube. Part 1. General theory
Whittaker, R Waters, S Jensen, O Boyle, J Heil, M Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 648 83-121 (10 Apr 2010)
The energetics of flow through a rapidly oscillating tube. Part 2. Application to an elliptical tube
Whittaker, R Heil, M Boyle, J Jensen, O Waters, S Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 648 123-153 (10 Apr 2010)
Research interests

Physiological fluid mechanics; Tissue engineering; Biomechanics; Mathematical modelling in medicine and biology

Recent publications
Curvature in Biological Systems: Its quantification, Emergence and Implications Across the Scales.
Schamberger, B Roschger, A Ziege, R Anselme, K Amar, M Bykowski, M Castro, A Cipitria, A Coles, R Dimova, R Eder, M Ehrig, S Escudero, L Evans, M Fernandes, P Fratzl, P Geris, L Gierlinger, N Hannezo, E Iglič, A Kirkensgaard, J Kollmannsberger, P Kowalewska, Ł Kurniawan, N Papantoniou, I Pieuchot, L Pires, T Renner, L Sageman-Furnas, A Schröder-Turk, G Sengupta, A Sharma, V Tagua, A Tomba, C Trepat, X Waters, S Yeo, E Bidan, C Dunlop, J Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) e2206110- (03 Dec 2022)
A kinetic model of a polyelectrolyte gel undergoing phase separation
Celora, G Hennessy, M Muench, A Wagner, B Waters, S Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids volume 160 (18 Jan 2022)
Mathematical modelling of autoimmune myocarditis and the effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors
van der Vegt, S Polonchuk, L Wang, K Waters, S Baker, R Journal of Theoretical Biology volume 537 (08 Jan 2022)
Coupling stokes flow with inhomogeneous poroelasticity
Taffetani, M Ruiz-Baier, R Waters, S Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics volume 74 issue 4 411-439 (19 Nov 2021)
A temperature model for laser lithotripsy.
Williams, J Goldsmith, L Moulton, D Waters, S Turney, B World journal of urology volume 39 issue 6 1707-1716 (24 Jun 2021)
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