Giulia Laura Celora

I am a Hooke Research Fellow in Applied Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute (University of Oxford) and a 2024 L’Oréal-UNESCO FWIS UK & Ireland Rising Talent Fellow. My research is highly interdisciplinary, sitting at the interface between applied maths, soft matter physics and biology. Generally, I am interested in using mechanistic mathematical modelling to understand the emergent dynamics of heterogeneous collectives in biological systems. This is relevant to several applications: from the organisation of biomolecules within the intracellular space, collective cell migration and tumour growth.

Research Experience

I completed my doctorate in Mathematics at the University of Oxford in September 2022, with the thesis "Modelling the impact of cyclic hypoxia on cell-cycle regulation in cancer cells", under the supervision of Prof. Helen Byrne, Prof. Philip Maini and Dr. Joe Pitt-Francis. After that, I joined the Mathematical Biology group at University College London (UCL) as an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow. From January 2025, I am a Hooke Fellow at the University of Oxford and a Lecturer at St Anne's College.

UPCOMING EVENTS & NEWS

Join us in Oxford for the first edition of the Women in Mathematical Biology Day to take place at St Hugh's College on the 17th of October. To know more, have a look at the event website.

📣 New paper out. Delighted to see our work on the electro-chemical regulation of phase separation of weakly-charged polyelectrolytes out! To know more about how molecular-level charge regulation affects the spatial self-organisation of macromolecules, click here.

📣 New paper out. Extremely happy to see our work on the collective chemotaxis of cell groups out! Such an incredible and fun collaboration leading to exciting interdisciplinary science: "Pattern formation along signaling gradients driven by active droplet behavior of cell swarms." You can find a summary for the general audience on the Mathematical Institute website (enjoy the read).

Excited to have joined the SMB Cell and Development subgroup (CDEV) committee. More information about the subgroup and our community can be found here. Do not hesitate to contact me if you want to be involved in our communities or be featured in our blog.

I am interested in outreach and activities aimed at enhance engagement of minorities in mathematics. To contact me click here