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Staff Profile

Dr Otti Croze

Lecturer in Engineering Mathematics

Background

Dr Otti Croze is a Lecturer in Engineering Mathematics in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics at Newcastle University. His areas of expertise are mathematical biology and biological physics of microorganisms.

Qualifications

  • Msci Physics, Queen Mary College, University of London (2000)
  • PhD Theoretical Soft Matter Physics, University of Edinburgh (2004) 

Previous Positions

  • Visiting Scholar, Physics, Heriot-Watt University (2006)
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, Biological Physics, University of Edinburgh (2006-2008)
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, Mathematical Biology, University of Glasgow (2008-2012)
  • EPSRC mobility researcher co-investigator, Plant Metabolism, University of Cambridge (2012-2013)
  • Winton Fellow in the Physics of Sustainability, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge (2013-2019)
  • Associate Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, Department of Mathematics, University of York (2020)

Memberships

  • Biologically Active Fluids group
  • Institute of physics
  • BBSRC Algae-UK
Research
 Research interests
  • Mathematical biology and biological physics of microorganisms
  • Biophysics applied to microbial biotechnologies
  • Active matter and biofluids
Our group in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics investigates the mathemtatical and physical biology of microorganisms. We specialise in the experimental and theoretical study of swimming microbes and microbial symbiosis. Our research is inspired by current problems in microbial biotechnology (photobioreactors, bioremediation and sustainable agritech) and microbial ecology (microbial interactions).

Postgraduate supervision

  • D. Jin Cell-cycle dependent motility of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and its collective motion
    in response to a Poiseuille Flow     (2018)
  • H. Laeverenz Schlogelhofer Experimental and theoretical study of carbon dynamics
    in an algal-bacterial co-culture (2019)
  • T. Jakuszeit Active particles in complex environments (2020)

Available positions

There is a funded PhD opportunity available in our group, with a project on:

Modelling swimming microbes for the environment and green biotechnologies

the project will look at models of swimmers in industrial and agricultural environments. 
There will be opportunity for theoretical analysis, running agent based simulations and
experiments, including working with the group’s pilot-scale algal photobioreactors. 


Full funding is guaranteed for Home/UK students. Fees may also be covered 
for exceptional international/EU applicants.

The deadline for applications is Friday 4th of March.

Any enquiries should be directed to: Otti.Croze@newcastle.ac.uk.

There are currently no postdoc vacancies in the group. If you intend to secure your own long-term funding as a junior fellow at Newcastle (e.g. through a NUAcT Fellowship), please contact me and I'll be very happy to discuss this. 

Research Grants and fellowships

  • Innovate UK Technology Strategy Board: " ProFlow - Advanced downstream processing for sustainable microalgal product manufacture" (2017-2019), 102795, co-I
  • Royal Society Research Grant: "Using microswimmer biophysics to boost algal photobioreactor efficiency" (2016-2017), RG82830, PI
  • Winton Advanced Fellowship, "New biophysics for sustainable bioremediation and biofuel production" (2013-2019), PI
  • EPSRC postdoctoral mobility grant: "The growth of motile algae: from plankton blooms to biofuel production" (2012-2013), EP/J004847/1, Researcher co-I

Publications

See my Google scholar profile

Research group website 

https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/otticroze/ (under development)

Please also find information about my research at my old Cavendish Laboratory website (no longer updated): https://croze.bss.phy.cam.ac.uk/


 



 
Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching (2020/2021)

  • MAS2805 - Fluids (Tutor, Semester 2)
  • ENG1001 - Engineering Mathematics (Tutor, Semester 2)

Undergraduate Teaching (2021/2022)

  • CEG1716 - Geospatial Mathematics and Statistics (Lecturer, Semester 1)
  • ENG1001 - Engineering Mathematics (Tutor, Semester 2)
  • PHY3027/PHY3034 - Physics Project (Supervisor, Semester 2)
Publications