brief CV
Since Jan 2021: Lecturer in Applied Mathematics (Galway University Foundation)
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, NUI Galway, Ireland
2019-2020: Lecturer in Industrial and Applied Mathematics
​​Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Limerick, Ireland
2017-2019: Marie Curie Research Fellow​
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, NUI Galway, Ireland
2016-2017: Research Associate
School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester, UK
2015-2016: Research Assistant
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, NUI Galway, Ireland                                                                       
2012-2015: PhD in Theoretical Mechanics of Solids
Institut Jean le Rond D'Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6, France                                                                      
​2010–2012: MSc in Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
DIMAT, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
​2006–2010: BSc in Mathematics for Engineering
DIMAT, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
During my PhD I got the chance to visit the Living Matter Lab led by Prof Ellen Kuhl, at Stanford University and the MOX lab at Politecnico di Milano. 

Funding and Awards

Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, funded by Irish Research Council, Ireland. Amount: EUR 92,000 [Declined] (April 2016)
MSCA Individual Fellowship, funded by European Commission under the H2020 programme. Amount: EUR 175,000 (January 2016)
PhD grant: Contrat Doctoral funded by Ministère de l'éducation nationale, de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, France. Amount: EUR 61,800 (October 2012)
Travelling Award funded by Mobilitá Tesi su Proposta, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Amount: EUR 2,760 (March 2012)

Publications

V. Balbi, M. Destrade, A. Goriely, Mechanics of human brain organoids, Physical Rev E, 101, 022403, 2020.

V. Balbi, A. Trotta, M. Destrade, A. Ní Annaidh. Poynting effect of brain matter in torsion, Soft Matter, 15, 5147-5153, 2019.

V. Balbi and G. Zurlo, Foreword to the special issue: Constitutive modelling in biomechanics, Int J Nonlinear Mech, 114, 27-28, 2019.

​V. Balbi, T. Shearer, W.J. Parnell. A modified formulation of quasi-linear viscoelasticity for transversely isotropic materials under finite deformation. Proc Roy Soc A, 474 (2217), 2018.

V. Balbi and P. Ciarletta (2016). Mathematical modeling of morphogenesis in living materials (Chapter 4) in L. Preziosi et al. (eds) Mathematical Models and Methods for Living Systems. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 2167. Springer, Cham.

V. Balbi, E. Kuhl, P. Ciarletta. Morphoelastic control of gastro-intestinal organogenesis: theoretical predictions and numerical insights.  Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids 78, 493-510, 2015.

P. Ciarletta, V. Balbi, E. Kuhl. Pattern selection in growing tubular tissues. Physical Review Letters 113, 248101, 2014.

V. Balbi and P. Ciarletta. Helical buckling of thick-walled, pre-stressed, cylindrical tubes under a finite torsion. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 20 (6), 625-642, 2015.

V. Balbi and P. Ciarletta. Morpho-elasticity of intestinal villi. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10, 20130109, 2013.


Conferences & Talks

  • Invited lecturer at the Doctoral school “Modelling of Biomaterials”. Lectures topic: ``Mechanics of soft tissues'', Kacov, Czech Republic.
  • Maths from the body II, Venezia 06/06/2019-09/06/2019, Italy.
  • Oberwolfach MiniWorkshop: Mathematical Aspects of Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Solid Mechanics, 03/03/2019-09/03/2019, Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics, Germany.
  • ​European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC), Continuum Mechanics~Non linear elasticity mini symposium, 02/07/2018-06/07/2018, Bologna, Italy.
  • Indam meeting: Mathematical Physics of living systems, Cortona 27/08/17 - 01/09/17, Italy.
  • International conference on modeling nonlinear continua, Castro Urdiales 26/06/17 - 30/06/17, Spain.
  • Third Workshop on Soft Tissue Modelling, Glasgow 07/06/17 - 9/06/17, UK.
  • Constitutive behaviour of soft tissues: connecting experimental and modelling perspectives, Manchester 31/08/16 - 02/09/16, UK (Co-organiser).

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