Danial Taherzadeh

My first paper, "Computational study of the drag and oscillatory movement of biofilm streamers in fast flows", has been selected as a Spotlight paper in Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

In nature, biological systems such as biofilms exhibit a streamlined form exposed to harsh changing environments. Also, these structures have an interesting structure in common. They have a base attached to the substratum and a tail that flaps in the flow. These two characteristics: streamlined shape and flapping tail behavior have been the focus of my recent study (Taherzadeh et al., 2009).

I presented a poster at Processes in Biofilms: Fundamentals to Applications conference in Davis, CA. The title was:

Computational study of the drag and oscillatory movement of biofilm streamers in fast flows
Danial Taherzadeh*, Cristian Picioreanu, Ulrich Kuttler, Angelo Simone, Wolfgang A. Wall, Harald Horn

(!!!) Winner of the best poster prize!

If you are looking for a book about mathematical modeling of biofilms, you don’t have many options anyway. “Mathematical Modeling Of Biofilms” is a well-written book including many chapters on different types of modeling. The book is written, to my taste, as an introduction book for researchers new in this field and does not go into the details of actual modeling algorithms.

You can find the soft copy of this book at the publications section of the biofilm group at TuDelft, or by clicking here.