Dr. Carl Whitfield

Biography

Carl Whitfield is a Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Fellow at the University of Manchester, where he develops computational models related to lung structure and function, with a particular focus on cystic fibrosis. He works within the Department of Mathematics, specializing in mathematical and computational modeling in respiratory medicine. Carl has been involved in various research centers focusing on multi-scale modeling of flow, transport, and biomechanical phenomena in the lungs. He has a keen interest in employing patient-specific models to detect diseases, optimize treatment delivery, and understand disease mechanisms. In his current role as a Post-Doctoral Researcher and MRC Skills Development Fellow, he collaborates with prominent figures such as Dr. Alex Horsley and Professor Oliver Jensen in Manchester, as well as Professor Jim Wild in Sheffield. He spent a significant period during the COVID-19 pandemic working in the mathematical epidemiology group, where he concentrated on modeling the impact of asymptomatic testing interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Previously, Carl earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Modelling Spontaneous Motion and Deformation of Active Droplets from the University of Sheffield and has a Master of Physics in Physics and Mathematics from the same institution.

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