Erica L. Schwarz, Ph.D.
Computational biomechanical engineer studying vascular growth and remodeling using simulation and data-driven modeling.
Erica L. Schwarz, Ph.D.
Computational Mechanobiology • Biomechanics • Vascular Growth & Remodeling • Neural Operators
Welcome! I’m a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University studying vascular biomechanics through computational and data-driven models.
My work bridges mechanical engineering, biology, and applied mathematics to understand and predict how vessels evolve over time.
I am currently working on integrating constrained mixture theory of vascular growth and remodeling with neural operator frameworks to forecast aneurysm progression and identify biomechanical predictors of rupture risk.
Research Vision
Computational modeling is transforming cardiovascular healthcare, yet current models fall short in predicting long-term, patient-specific outcomes.
My vision is to develop next-generation multiscale models that integrate mechanistic growth and remodeling (G&R) into computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of complex cardiovascular geometries.
This approach couples organ-scale hemodynamics with cell- and tissue-level remodeling to:
- identify biomechanical causes of disease initiation and progression
- enable precision treatment planning that reduces morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease
- and leverage physics-based simulations with nascent machine learning techniques to enable clinically actionable predictions.
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