A University of Houston mathematician is using mathematical formulas to help design better stents that will keep arteries open, putting her at the forefront of an exciting new field that combines math and bioscience.

Suncica Canic, Cullen Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, is developing complex mathematical models evaluating how blood flows in pulsating arteries and how artery stents behave when inserted into the human body. In collaboration with the Texas Heart Institute, Canic is working to create more biocompatible devices that can keep arteries open.

Canic is also director of the Center for Mathematical Biosciences, which bridges the fields of math and biology includes more than a dozen bioscience mathematicians at UH as well as collaborators at Rice University and the Texas Medical Center.

Canic’s research was recently featured by the National Science Foundation on its news website which tracks the most exciting developments in science research.

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