RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mathematical Biology · Differential Equations · Dynamical Systems · Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, University of Dundee
September 2014 - August 2017
Thesis: Nonlinear Nonlocal Parabolic-Hyperbolic Coupled Systems for Cancer Cell Movement and Aggregation
Supervisors: Prof. Raluca Eftimie & Prof. Mark A. J. Chaplain
Department of Mathematics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
October 2011 - June 2014
Thesis: Rearrangement of Functions and Faber-Krahn Inequalities
Supervisors: Prof. Gerassimos Barbatis
Department of Mathematics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
October 2005 - September 2010
Department of Mathematics, Section of Mathemartical Analysis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
October 2020 - Present
School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, UK, & SciCo Cyprus
March 2019- February 2020
Research project: Calcium signalling in cancer
The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK
October 2017 - February 2019
Research project: Epidemiological consequences of different vaccination strategies in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) [SAPHIR (Η2020)]
Publications
1. Bitsouni, V., Chaplain, M. A. J. & Eftimie, R. (2017). Mathematical modelling of cancer invasion: the multiple roles of TGF-β pathways on tumour proliferation and cell adhesion. Math. Modell. Meth. Appl. Sci. (M3AS), 27(10), 1929-1962. DOI: 10.1142/S021820251750035X PDF
2. Bitsouni, V., Trucu, D., Chaplain, M. A. J. & Eftimie, R. (2018). Aggregation and travelling wave dynamics in a two-population model of cancer cells. IMA Math. Med. Biol. 35 (4), 541-577. DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqx019 PDF
3. Bitsouni, V. & Eftimie, R. (2018). Non-local parabolic and hyperbolic models for cell polarisation in heterogeneous cancer cell populations. Bull. Math. Biol., 80 (10), 2600-2632. DOI: 10.1007/s11538-018-0477-4 PDF
4. Bitsouni, V., Lycett, S., Opriessnig, T., & Doeschl-Wilson, A. (2019). Predicting vaccine effectiveness in livestock populations: a theoretical framework applied to PRRS virus infections in pigs. PLoS ONE, 14(8): e0220738. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220738 PDF
5. Chase-Topping, M., Xie, J., Pooley, C., Trus, I., Bonckaert, C., Rediger, K., Bailey, R., Brown, H., Bitsouni, V., Barrio, B., Gueguen, S., Nauwynck, H. & Doeschl-Wilson, A. (2020) New Insights about vaccine effectiveness: Results from a PRRSV transmission experiment in pigs using an attenuated PRRS strain. Vaccine, 38 (14), 3050-3061. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.015 PDF
6. Kaouri, K., Bitsouni, V., Buttenschön, A. & Thul, R. (2020) Adhesion-driven patterns in a calcium-dependent model of cancer cell movement. Submitted. arXiv : 2003.00612PDF
7. Avraam, D., Bitsouni, V., Glynatsi, N., Kaouri, K., Micheletti, A., Oliveira, R. & Zachariou, M. (2020) Breaking barriers for women in science. arXiv: 2003.01642PDF
8.Bitsouni, V., Gialelis, N. & Stratis, I. G. (2021) A model for the outbreak of COVID-19: Vaccine effectiveness in a case study of Italy. Operator Theory and Harmonic Analysis - Part II: Probability-Analytical Models, Methods and Applications, A. Karapetyants, I. V. Pavlov and A. N. Shiryaev (eds.), Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics , Vol. 358, Springer, 91-107. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76828-7 PDF
9.Bitsouni, V., Gialelis, N. & Stratis, I. G. (2021) A quantitative approach on the solvability of evolution problems in open sets of certain geometries. J. Math. Anal. Appl., 506 (2), 125663. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2021.125663 PDF
10.Bitsouni, V., Gialelis, N. & Stratis, I. G. (2021) On the quasi-steady-state assumption in enzyme kinetics: rigorous analysis. Submitted. arXiv: 2109.14667PDF
11.Bitsouni, V. & Tsilidis, V. (2021) Mathematical modeling of tumor-immune system interactions: the effect of rituximab on breast cancer immune response. Submitted. arXiv: 2110.01545PDF
12.Bitsouni, V. & Tsilidis, V. (2021) A mathematical study of the role of B cells in tumor–immune system dynamics. Submitted.
1. Partial Differential Equations I (MATH, NKUA, 2020-2021)
Notes in e-class: Σημειώσεις μαθήματος 411. Μερικές Διαφορικές Εξισώσεις Ι, 2020-2021
2. Geometric Analysis (MATH, NKUA, 2020-2021) with Dr. Nikolaos Gialelis
Notes in e-class: Σημειώσεις μαθήματος 615. Γεωμετρική Ανάλυση, 2020-2021
3. Methods of Applied Mathematics (MATH, NKUA, 2020-2021)
Notes in e-class: Σημειώσεις μαθήματος 658. Μέθοδοι Εφαρμοσμένων Μαθηματικών, 2020-2021