Prof Cristiana Sebu has been with the University since September 2015 and she is currently Professor of Mathematics. She received a BSc (Hons) First Class and an MSc (Distinction) in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bucharest, Romania, in 2000 and 2002, respectively. In 2004, she obtained a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Montpellier II, France, with a thesis entitled Problemes Inverses dans la Physique Classique et Quantique under the supervision of Professors Sorin Ciulli and Andre Neveu. After finishing her doctoral studies, Prof Sebu was employed by Oxford Brookes University (OBU), UK, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She continued her academic career at OBU where she became Lecturer in 2005, Senior Lecturer in 2006 and Reader in Mathematics in 2013.
For almost 23 years Prof Sebu has produced internationally recognised research in two main fields of Applied Mathematics: Inverse Problems and Mathematical Modelling.
In her main focus area, Inverse Problems, Prof Sebu’s published research brought her regular invitations to give talks at the most important international conferences in Europe, Russia, China, Turkey and the US. Prof Sebu made key contributions to the theoretical developments of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) for medical applications, including the design of a ground-breaking portable EIT device for breast cancer screening, and the development of an image reconstruction algorithm for use in such screening. This work is carried out in collaboration with University of Mainz (Germany) and OBU, UK. Major funding bodies acknowledged the pioneering nature and the impact of this research (German Ministry of Education, HEIF 5 Business Enterprise Funding, MCST).
Research in her second area of expertise, Mathematical Modelling, has led to pioneering work in other disciplines (Physics, Biology, Engineering and Chemistry).
In recognition of her research at an international level, Prof Sebu was Associate Editor of the Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering journal until 2021. Since 2018 she has been the Editor-in-Chief of Xjenza Online (the Science Journal of Malta Chamber of Scientists), country coordinator for Malta of European Women in Mathematics and Co-Chair of the International Conference “Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation”.
MAT3755 - Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology
MAT5715 - Inverse Problems and Applications to Medical Imaging
Editor-in-Chief of Xjenza Online - Science Journal of the Malta Chamber of Scientists http://www.xjenza.org
Associate Editor, Inverse Problems in Science & Engineering http://www.tandfonline.co.uk/gipe
Research Visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, UK
Member of Malta Neuroscience Network Programme
Country Coordinator of the European Women in Mathematics for Malta
Full list of publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KQsEKnQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=1
Co-Chair of IMA Conference on Inverse Problems from Theory to Application, September 19-21, 2017, Isaac Newton Institute, UK
Co-Chair of the 9th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2018), May 21-25, 2018, Malta
Co-Chair of the 10th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2022), May 22-28, 2022, Malta.
Member of the International Programme Committee of International Conferences:
The 8th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2016), May 23-28, 2016, Fethiye, Turkey.
The 9th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2018), May 21-25, 2018, Malta.
Member of the International Organizing Committee of International Conferences:
Challenges in Inverse Problems (CiIP 2015), workshop in honour of Professor Sabatier's 80th anniversary, Montpellier, May 5-7, 2015.
The 5th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2010), May 24-29, 2010, Antalya, Turkey.
The 6th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2012), May 21-26, 2012, Antalya, Turkey.
The 7th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2014), May 26-31, 2014, Fethiye, Turkey.
Mini-symposium Organizer at International Conferences:
Inverse Problems for Time-dependent Maxwell Equations, 9th AIP Conference 2017, May 29-June 2, 2017, Hangzhou, China,
Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 9th International Conference “Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation” (IP:MS 2018), May 21-25, 2018, Malta.
Hybrid Approaches that Combine Deterministic and Statistical Regularization for Applied Inverse Problems, SIAM Conference on Imaging Science, June 5-8, 2018, Bologna, Italy.
Imaging Modalities: Recent Advances and Beyond, 10th International Conference “Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation” (IP:MS 2022), May 22-28, 2022, Malta.
