The Macklin Math Cancer Lab is pleased to welcome Gianluca D'Antonio, a M.S. student of Luigi Preziosi and mathematician from Politecnico di Torino. Gianluca, who brings with him a wealth of expertise in biomechanics modeling, will spend 6 months at CAMM at the Keck School of Medicine of USC to model basement membrane deformation by growing tumors, biomechanical feedback between the stroma and growing tumors, and related problems. Gianluca's interests and expertise fit very nicely into our broader vision of mechanistic cancer modeling, as well as USC / CAMM's focus on applying the physical sciences to cancer (as part of the USC-led PSOC).
He is our first international visiting scholar, and we're very excited for the multidisciplinary work we will accomplish together! So, please join us in welcoming Gianluca!