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General Information
Full Name | Sofie Verhees |
Languages | English, Dutch |
Education
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2021
PhD Mathematical Modelling, Analysis and Computation (MAC-MIGS)
Maxwell Institute Graduate School, Edinburgh, UK
- MAC-MIGS is an intensive 4-year training and research programme on the formulation, analysis and implementation of state-of-the-art mathematical and computational models and methods.
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2020
MSc Mathematical Biology, Ecology, and Medicine
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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2019
Undergraduate Exchange Student
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South-Korea
- As an undergraduate exchange student at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, I took courses in mathematics, and bio & brain engineering.
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2017
BSc (Hons) Technology, Liberal Arts and Sciences (ATLAS)
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
- ATLAS is a three-year educational programme with a curriculum firmly based in science & mathematics and social sciences. I learned about these subjects in interactive courses and workshops and applied what I learned in a project setting.
Experience
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2022 - present
Tutor
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
- Tutoring and marking of undegraduate students in mathematics.
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2020 - 2021
Teacher
De Digitale Topschool, Netherlands
- Challenging gifted primary school pupils by providing them with extracurricular assignments that exceed the difficulty level of regular education.
Academic Interests
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Mathematical Biology
- Modelling cell behaviour
- Mechanotransduction
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PDEs
- PDE analysis
- Numerical simulations
- (Bulk-surface) finite elements
- Numerical convergence