Dr Asimina Kazakidi
Reader
Biomedical Engineering
Personal statement
Dr Asimina Kazakidi is a Reader in Biofluid Mechanics at the University of Strathclyde, where she initially joined as Lecturer in 2016, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2019. Prior to that, Asimina was a Research Fellow at the Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH), in Greece, and Research Associate at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, within the cardiovascular science research theme funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). She obtained her Ph.D. in Biofluid Dynamics from the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London, where she also completed an MSc in ‘Engineering and Physical Science in Medicine’ at the Department of Bioengineering. Asimina (Melina) has an extended experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Her work has focused on complex biofluid mechanics problems, utilising a range of CFD methods. She has a specialised knowledge in all aspects of numerical simulation technology processes and in the communication of complex results. Biofluid Mechanics (BioFLM) research group page: https://biofluidmechanics.com
Area of Expertise
Dr Asimina (Melina) Kazakidi has an extended experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), focusing on complex biofluid mechanics problems and utilising a range of CFD methods, from finite volume and immersed boundary to spectral/hp element methods. She has specialized knowledge in all aspects of numerical simulation technology processes and communication of complex results. She is passionate about problem solving in the fields of cardiovascular hemodynamics, synthetic jet technology and robotic locomotion.
Prize And Awards
- Exploring the role of vascular perfusion in the development of deep tissue injury during transtibial prosthetic use
- Recipient
- 4/2023
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery (DTAS)
- Recipient
- 29/3/2023
- Biofluid flow effects in polymeric membranes for a range of applications in health and environmental sustainability: computational modelling and experimental evaluation
- Recipient
- 3/2023
- Academic Returners Support Scheme Funding
- Recipient
- 2023
- Research & Developemnt Fund
- Recipient
- 2023
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Recipient
- 2021
Publications
- Computational analysis of blood flow in healthy pulmonary arteries in comparison to repaired Tetralogy of Fallot results : a small cohort study
- Boumpouli Maria, Black Scott MacDonald, Kazakidi Asimina
- Fluids Vol 9 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9040085
- A mathematical model of blood loss during renal resection
- Cowley James, Luo Xichun, Stewart Grant D, Shu Wenmiao, Kazakidi Asimina
- Fluids Vol 8 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids8120316
- Reconstruction and validation of arterial geometries for computational fluid dynamics using multiple temporal frames of 4D flow-MRI magnitude Images
- Black Scott MacDonald, Maclean Craig, Hall Barrientos Pauline, Ritos Konstantinos, Kazakidi Asimina
- Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Vol 14, pp. 655-676 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-023-00679-x
- Morphological characterisation of pediatric turner syndrome aortae : insights from a small cohort study
- Johnston Lauren, Allen Ruth, Mason Avril, Kazakidi Asimina
- Medical Engineering and Physics Vol 120 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2023.104045
- Calibration of patient-specific boundary conditions for coupled CFD models of the aorta derived from 4D flow-MRI
- MacDonald Black Scott, Maclean Craig, Hall Barrientos Pauline, Ritos Konstantinos, McQueen Alistair, Kazakidi Asimina
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Vol 11 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1178483
- Patient-specific computational haemodynamics associated with the surgical creation of an arteriovenous fistula
- Hyde-Linaker George, Hall Barrientos Pauline, Stoumpos Sokratis, Kingsmore David Brian, Kazakidi Asimina
- Medical Engineering & Physics Vol 105 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2022.103814
Teaching
"Numerical Modelling in Biomedical Engineering", MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Semester 2
Research Interests
• biofluid mechanics
• computational fluid dynamics
• cardiovascular flows
• bio-inspired robotic locomotion
Professional Activities
- Invited External PhD Examiner
- Examiner
- 5/2023
- Invited External PhD Examiner
- Examiner
- 8/2022
- Invited External PhD Examiner
- Examiner
- 4/2021
- Internal Examiner
- Examiner
- 10/2020
- Internal Examiner
- Examiner
- 3/2020
- Blood Flow Analysis of the Aortic Arch using Computational Fluid Dynamics in a Coupled 3D-0D Framework
- Speaker
- 27/2/2020
Projects
- Exploring the role of vascular perfusion in the development of deep tissue injury during transtibial prosthetic use
- Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2027
- Biofluid flow effects in polymeric membranes for a range of applications in health and environmental sustainability: computational modelling and experimental evaluation
- Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Papaioannou, E (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Popescu, Sava
- Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator) Popescu, Sava (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery (DTAS)
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator) Connolly, Patricia (Co-investigator) Stewart, Grant D (Co-investigator) Tsaftaris, Sotiris (Co-investigator) O'Neil, Kevin (Co-investigator)
- EPSRC Transformative Healthcare Technology (THT) Phase 2 grant (EP/X033686/1)
Award: ~£4M, fEC: ~£4.9M (1 of only 5 funded projects in the UK) - 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Patricia (Co-investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Principal Investigator)
- EPSRC Transformative Healthcare Technology Phase 1 grant (EP/W004860/1)
Awarded: 2021. Award: £302.45K, fEC: £374.59K - 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2023
Contact
Dr
Asimina
Kazakidi
Reader
Biomedical Engineering
Email: asimina.kazakidi@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3228