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 PDF
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 PDF
Supervisors: Prof. Gerassimos Barbatis
Department of Mathematics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
October 2005 - September 2010
Department of Mathematics, Section of Applied Analysis
University of Patras
September 2023 - Present
Department of Mathematics, Section of Mathemartical Analysis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
October 2020 - September 2023
Applied Mathematics Laboratory, School of Science and Technology
Hellenic Open University
July 2020 - June 2021
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)]
Books
Bitsouni, V., Gialelis, N. & Stratis, I. (2023) ΜΙΑ ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΗ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΒΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-225 PDF
1. Partial Differential Equations Ι (MATH, NKUA, 2020-2021)
Notes in e-class: Σημειώσεις μαθήματος 411. Μερικές Διαφορικές Εξισώσεις Ι, 2020-2021 PDF
2. Geometric Analysis (MATH, NKUA, 2020-2021) with Dr. Nikolaos Gialelis
Notes in e-class: Σημειώσεις μαθήματος 615. Γεωμετρική Ανάλυση, 2020-2021 PDF
3. Methods of Applied Mathematics (MATH, NKUA, 2020-2021)
Notes in e-class: Σημειώσεις μαθήματος 658. Μέθοδοι Εφαρμοσμένων Μαθηματικών, 2020-2021 PDF
4.Mathematical Biology (MATH, NKUA, 2021-2022)
Notes in e-class: Σημειώσεις μαθήματος 715. Μαθηματική Βιολογία, 2021-2022 PDF
PhD students
1. Vasilis Tsilidis, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras
Thesis: Mathematical models in Biology and Medicine (in progress)
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/S021820251750035XPDF
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. 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. (2022) 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. & Tsilidis, V. (2022) Mathematical modeling of tumor-immune system interactions: the effect of rituximab on breast cancer immune response. J. Theor. Biol., 539, 111001. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.111001 PDF
11.Bitsouni, V., Gialelis, N. & Stratis, I. G. (2022) Rigorous Analysis of the Quasi-Steady-State Assumption in Enzyme Kinetics. Mathematics, 10(7), 1086. DOI: 10.3390/math10071086 PDF
12.Bitsouni, V. & Gialelis, N. (2022) A note on the multivariate generalization of a basic simple inequality. Math. Ineq. & Appl., 25 (3), 913-923. DOI: 10.7153/mia-2022-25-58 PDF
13.Bitsouni, V., Gialelis, N. & Tsilidis, V. (2022) A mathematical study of the role of tBregs in breast cancer. Bull. Math. Biol., 84 (112). DOI: 10.1007/s11538-022-01054-y PDF
14.Bitsouni, V., Gialelis, N. & Marinescu, D. Ş. (2022) An inequality for completely monotone functions. arXiv: 2204.06602PDF
15.Bitsouni, V., Gialelis, N. & Marinescu, D. Ş. (2022) Generalized fraction rules for monotonicity with higher antiderivatives and derivatives. Submitted. arXiv: 2207.03195PDF
16.Bitsouni, V., Gialelis, N. & Tsilidis, V. (2023) An age-structured SVEAIR epidemiological model. Submitted. arXiv: 2311.16049PDF