Barnacles vs bullies: modelling biocontrol of the invasive European green crab using a castrating barnacle parasite
Bateman, A.W., Buttenschön, A., Erickson, K.D., Marculis, N.G. Theor Ecol (2017) 10: 305.
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Biology), University of Alberta, 2017
- B.S.H in Applied Mathematics with First Class Honors, University of Alberta, 2013
- B.S. in Physics and Mathematics with Distinction, University of Alberta, 2012
Other-Education
- Math Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW), UBC, 2018.
- Graduate Teaching and Learning Program Level 3, University of Alberta, 2017.
- Industry Canada Basic(+) Certificate of proficiency in Amateur Radio, 2011.
- Project Management Principles and Practice Level 1 & 2, University of Alberta, Faculty of Extension, 2011.
Research experience
2022 - present: Assistant Professor University of Massachusetts Amherst
- 2018 - 2022: NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow
- University of British Columbia
- Supervisor: Drs. Leah Edelstein-Keshet and Michael Ward
- 2014 - 2017: Doctoral Researcher
- University of Alberta
- Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Hillen
- December 2015 - June 2016: MITACS-Internship at the Multicellular Systems Biology group of Dirk Drasdo
- INRIA-Paris: Team MAMBA
- Supervisor: Dr. Dirk Drasdo
- May 2013 - August 2013: NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Student
- University of Alberta
- Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Hillen
- 2011: UA-HAB (University of Alberta High Altitude Balloon)
- University of Alberta
- Supervisors: Dr. Ian Mann and Dr. Laura Mazzino
Publications
A space-jump derivation for non-local models of cell-cell adhesion and non-local chemotaxis
Buttenschön, A., Hillen, T., Gerisch, A., Painter, K.J. J. Math. Biol. (2018) 76: 429.
Agent-Based Lattice Models of Multicellular Systems: Numerical Methods, Implementation, and Applications
Drasdo, D., Buttenschön, A. and Van Liedekerke, P., 2018. Agent-based lattice models of multicellular systems: numerical methods, implementation, and applications. In Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes (pp. 223-238). Academic Press.
Off-Lattice Agent-Based Models for Cell and Tumor Growth: Numerical Methods, Implementation, and Applications
Van Liedekerke, P., Buttenschön, A. and Drasdo, D., 2018. Off-lattice agent-based models for cell and tumor growth: numerical methods, implementation, and applications. In Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes (pp. 245-267). Academic Press.
Integro-partial differential equation models for cell-cell adhesion and its application
Buttenschoen, A. (2018). Integro-partial differential equation models for cell-cell adhesion and its application.
Cops-on-the-Dots: The Linear Stability of Crime Hotspots for a 1-D Reaction-Diffusion Model of Urban Crime
Buttenschoen, A., Kolokolnikov, T., Ward, M.J. and Wei, J., 2019. Cops-on-the-dots: The linear stability of crime hotspots for a 1-D reaction-diffusion model of urban crime. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, pp.1-47.
Nonlocal Adhesion Models for Microorganisms on Bounded Domains
Hillen T., Buttenschön, A. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (2020)
Correlated random walks inside a cell: actin branching and microtubule dynamics
Buttenschön, A. & Edelstein-Keshet, L. J. Math. Biol. (2019)
Cell size, mechanical tension, and GTPase signaling in the Single Cell
Buttenschön, A., Liu Y., Edelstein-Keshet, L. Bull. Math. Bio. (2020)
Non-Local Cell Adhesion Models: Steady States and Bifurcations
Buttenschön, A., and Hillen, T. arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.00286. (2020)
Adhesion-driven patterns in a calcium-dependent model of cancer cell movement
Kaouri, K., Bitsouni, V., Buttenschön, A., & Thul, R. arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.00612. (2020)
Bridging from single to collective cell migration: A review of models and links to experiments
Buttenschön A, Edelstein-Keshet L PLOS Computational Biology 16(12): e1008411 (2020)
Non-Local Cell Adhesion Models: Symmetries and Bifurcations in 1-D
Buttenschön, A., and Hillen, T. (2021)
Cell Repolarization: A Bifurcation Study of Spatio-Temporal Perturbations of Polar Cells
Buttenschön, A., Edelstein-Keshet, L. Bull. Math. Bio. (2022)
How cells stay together; a mechanism for maintenance of a robust cluster explored by local and nonlocal continuum models
Buttenschön A, Sinclair S, Edelstein-Keshet L arxiv (2024)
Service and leadership
Organizer of the PIMS @ UBC Math-Bio seminar.
- Organizer of the BIRS workshop “Bridging Cellular and Tissue Dynamics from Normal Development to Cancer: Mathematical, Computational, and Experimental Approaches” (19w5080).
- Co-organizers: Dr. Elisabeth Rens, Dr. Leah Edelstein-Keshet.
- Details can be found on the BIRS webpage.
- Videos from the event can be found here.
- 2018-2020 Chairman of the “Cell and Developmental Biology” SMB-subgroup and CDEV-Twitter. I organized three minisymposium at annual meetings of the Society of Mathematical Biology.
- Chair of the scientific committee and main-organizer for the four day CDEV stream at eSMB2020.
- 2014 - 2017 Member of the Society in Graduate Mathematics and Statistics:
- 2017 president.
- 2014-15, 2016-17 Applied Mathematics student department council representative.
- 2014-2017 webmaster.
Conference organization
- Data-driven, modeling, and topological techniques in cell and developmental biology. July 2023. Minisymposium. Society of Mathematical Biology Annual meeting, OSU, Columbus, Ohio.
- Co-organizer: Alexandria Volkening, Veronica Ciocanel.
- Shapes, patterns, and forces in developmental biology. August 2020. Minisymposium. Society of Mathematical Biology Annual meeting, online.
- Co-organizer: Alex Fletcher.
- Understanding development through theory and experiment. August 2020. Minisymposium. Society of Mathematical Biology Annual meeting, online.
- Co-organizer: Alex Fletcher.
- Shapes, patterns, and forces in developmental biology. Part I, Part 2. June 2020. Minisymposium. SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences. Postponed due to Covid-19.
- Co-organizer: Tracy Stepien.
- Contemporary mathematical approaches in developmental biology. July 2019. Minisymposium. Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
- Co-organizer: Alex Fletcher.
- Organizer of the session “Mathematical and Computational Modeling from Sub-Cellular to Collective Behaviour in Cells” at the Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting (2018), Vancouver, Canada.
- Co-organizer: Dr. Leah Edelstein-Keshet.
Awards
- Faculty of Science (University of Alberta) Dissertation Award, 2018.
- Poster Award at the annual meeting of the Society of Mathematical Biology, 2017.
- Dean’s Excellence Award, 2017.
- Queen Elizabeth II Award, 2017.
- Best Poster Award at the Graduate Summit in Mathematical Biology and Applied PDE, 2017.
- Outstanding Poster Award at the MMBS workshop Dublin, 2015.
- FGSR Travel Award to present to YRC 2014.
Languages
- English, German, French (B1), Italian (B1).
My own software packages
(i)PDE toolbox consisting of: (1) Finite Volume solver, (2) spectral collocation methods (Fourier series, and Gegenbauer polynomials), (3) symbolic linearization, and (4) continuation support (bifurcation analysis). Link to repository.
Modular hybrid agent-based PDE model of one dimensional cells with detailed intra-cellular signalling (python with Fortran components). Link to repository coming soon.
TiSim developer of a novel model for deformable cells based on colloidal physics, written in cpp. Supporting setup and analysis code in python.
Gillespie-SSA framework for non-local space-jump process (C$^{++}$ and python). Link to repository.
Computer skills
- Computer languages
- Extensive experience in C/C++11, and Python.
- Experience in MATLAB, Swig, Xml, SQL, and Shell scripting.
- Hardware Skills
- Built a dozen, including a few highly reliable workstations and servers (based on professional hardware, and powered by Gentoo). These machines power my computational research.
- Software packages
- Databases using MySQL, and SQLAlchemy.
- Administration of Gitolite, apache, samba, bind, dhcp, oscarcanada.
- Operating Systems
- Administration of Linux (Gentoo, Fedora, Ubuntu, IpFire).
Funding & Scholarships
- NSERC post-doctoral fellowship, 2018.
- Dr. Josephine M. Mitchell Scholarship, 2017.
- Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Graduate Student Scholarship, 2015.
- PIMS Graduate Scholarship, 2015.
- MITACS Globalink Research Award Abroad - INRIA, 2015.
- Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Top-Up Award, 2014.
- Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship, 2014.
- NSERC Graduate Scholarship Master’s, 2014.
- Queen Elizabeth II (Masters) scholarship, 2013.
- Phi Gamma Delta Education Foundations’ Graduate Fellowship, 2013.
- NSERC Undergraduate Research Award, 2013.
- Dean’s Honor Roll, University of Alberta, 2010-13.
- T4K Undergraduate Scholarships, 2012.
- Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation, $1000 annual scholarship for leadership, community involvement and academic achievement, 2012.
- Jason Lang Scholarship (Government of Alberta), 2010, 2011, 2012.
- A University of Alberta Undergraduate Scholarship, 2010, 2011.
- Phi Gamma Delta Ed. Foundation, Academic Achievement Award (AAA), 2011.
- A University of Alberta Academic Excellence Scholarship, 2009.
- A Faculty of Science Academic Excellence Scholarship, 2009.