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Damián A.
Knopoff
Curriculum Vitae
FaMAF, Cordoba National University
Cordoba, Argentina
H (+54) 93512001405
B damian.knopoff@unc.edu.ar
Í www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~knopoff
Education
2008–2013 Ph.D. in Mathematics, Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Cordoba National
University, Córdoba, Argentina.
2003–2008 M.Sc. in Mathematics, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura,
Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina.
Average Score: 9.77/10.
2001–2007 Chemical Engineer, National University of Technology, Resistencia, Argentina.
Average Score: 9.44/10.
2001–2005 Chemical Technician, National University of Technology, Resistencia, Argentina.
Average Score: 9.58/10.
Research Experience
2015-present Associate Researcher,CONICET, Cordoba, Argentina. Project: Mathematical modeling
and simulations in Life Sciences.
2014-2015 Postdoctoral fellow,CONICET, Cordoba, Argentina. Project: Multiscale mathematical
models for complex living systems.
2013-2014 Postdoctoral fellow,Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.
European Project eVACUATE: Development of models and computational methods por
autopropulsive particles (crowds and cells) by means of the kinetic theory.
2011-2012 Ph.D. Research,Erasmus Mundus, Program Eurotango, Department of Mathematics,
Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy. Project: Mathematics and complexity of Cancer
Modeling: from genes to tissues and repair in multiscale framework.
2008-2013 Ph.D. Research,Cordoba National University, Cordoba, Argentina. Project: Mathematical
models and simulations for tumour growth.
2006-2007 Undergraduate Research,Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina.
Project: Fractional calculus and integral transformations
Extramural Training
09/2010 Bootcamp in Cancer Modeling, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State Univer-
sity.
06/2010 Applied Mathematics School, Pan-American Studies Institute in Computational Science
and Engineering, Valencia, Venezuela.
mailto:damian.knopoff@unc.edu.ar
http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~{}knopoff
Fellowships
2014-2015 CONICET Postdoctoral fellowship.
2013-2014 Postdoctoral fellowship, European Project eVACUATE.
2011-2012 Ph.D. “sandwich” fellowship, Erasmus Mundus Program Eurotango.
2008-2013 CONICET Ph.D. fellowship.
Publications
Published
1. A compartmental model for antibiotic resistant bacterial infections over networks, D. Knopoff, F.
Trucco, International Journal of Biomathematics, in press, doi: 10.1142/S1793524520500011, (2020).
2. On the Interaction between Soft and Hard Sciences: The Role of Mathematical Sciences. Looking
Ahead to Research Perspectives, B. Aylaj, N. Bellomo, N. Chouhad, D. Knopoff, Vietnam Journal of
Mathematics, in press, doi:10.1007/s10013-019-00381-3, (2020).
3. Credit risk contagion through non-performing loans on core-periphery networks, M. Dolfin, D. Knopoff,
M. Limosani, M. Xibilia, Mathematics, Vol. 7 No. 713, doi:10.3390/math7080713, (2019).
4. Numerical simulation of a multiscale cell motility model based on the kinetic theory of active particles,
D. Knopoff, J. Nieto, L. Urrutia, Symmetry, Vol. 11, No. 1003, doi:10.3390/sym11081003, (2019).
5. On an optimal control strategy in a kinetic social dynamics model, D. Knopoff, G. Torres, Communica-
tions in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Vol. 9 No. 2, 22–33, (2018).
6. A kinetic model for horizontal transfer and bacterial antibiotic resistance, D. Knopoff, J.M. Sánchez
Sansó, International Journal of Biomathematics, Vol. 10 No. 4, 1750051 (21 pages), (2017).
7. Explaining coexistence of nitrogen fixing and non-fixing rhizobia in legume-rhizobia mutualism, G.
Moyano, D. Marco, D. Knopoff, G. Torres, C. Turner, Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 292, pp. 30–35,
(2017).
8. Escaping the trap of “blocking”: a kinetic model linking economic development and political competition,
M. Dolfin, D. Knopoff, L. Leonida, D. Maimone Ansaldo Patti, Kinetic and Related Models, Vol. 10
No. 2, pp. 423–443 (2017).
9. A parameter estimation problem for a tumor growth model, D. Knopoff, D. Fernández, G.A. Torres,
C.V. Turner, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 733–748 (2017).
10. Looking for fairer societies, can hard sciences help?: Comment on “Modeling human behavior in
economics and social science” by M. Dolfin et al., D. Knopoff, Physics of Life Reviews, Vol. 22–23, pp.
37–38 (2017).
11. Further steps in the modeling of behavioural crowd dynamics, good news for safe handling: Comment
on “Human behaviours in evacuation crowd dynamics: From modelling to “big data” toward crisis
management” by Nicola Bellomo et al., D. Knopoff, Physics of Life Reviews, Vol. 18, pp. 35 (2016).
12. Learning dynamics: a fundamental building block in social models. Comment on “Collective learning
modeling based on the kinetic theory of active particles” by Burini, de Lillo and Gibelli, D. Knopoff,
Physics of Life Reviews, Vol. 16, pp. 148–149 (2016).
13. From systems theory of sociology to modeling the onset and evolution of criminality, N. Bellomo, F.
Colasuonno, D. Knopoff, J. Soler, Networks and Heterogeneous Media, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 421–441
(2015).
14. A kinetic theory approach to the dynamics of crowd evacuation from bounded domains, J.P. Agnelli, F.
Colasuonno, D. Knopoff, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp.
109-129 (2015).
15. On a mathematical theory of complex systems on networks with application to opinion formation, D.
Knopoff, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, Special Issue on Complex Systems,
Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 405–426 (2014).
16. From the Micro-scale to Collective Crowd Dynamics, N. Bellomo, A. Bellouquid, D. Knopoff, Multiscale
Modeling & and Simulation, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 943–963 (2013).
17. On the difficult interplay between life, “complexity”, and mathematical sciences, N. Bellomo, D. Knopoff,
J. Soler, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 10, pp. 1861-1913
(2013).
18. Adjoint Method for a Tumour Growth PDE-Constrained Optimization Method, D. Knopoff, D. Fer-
nández, G.A. Torres, C.V. Turner, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol. 66, No.06, pp.
1104–1119 (2013).
19. From the modeling of the immune hallmarks of cancer to a black swan in biology, A. Bellouquid, E. De
Angelis, D. Knopoff, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 05, pp.
949–978 (2013).
20. On the modeling of migration phenomena on small networks, D. Knopoff, Mathematical Models and
Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 03, pp. 541-563 (2013).
21. Derivadas e integrales de órdenes arbitrarios. Una breve introducción al cálculo fraccionario, R. Cerutti,
D. Knopoff, S. Noya, W. Ramos, Revista del Instituto de Matemática, Vol. 2, Año 2, (2006). ISSN:
1850-9827.
In preparation or submitted
{ Swarms dynamics towards a systems approach to social sciences and behavioral economy, N. Bellomo, S.
De Nigris, D. Knopoff, M. Morini, P. Terna.
{ Modelling population dynamics and size-dependent flowering in a monocarpic plant, D. Marco, G.
Moyano, D. Knopoff, G. Torres, C. Turner.
{ Modelling the effect of strain competition and nodule co-occupation on nitrogen fixing and non-fixing
rhizobia coexistence in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis, D. Marco, G. Moyano, D. Knopoff, G. Torres, C.
Turner, E. Bedmar Gómez.
Research presentations
Scientific talks and lectures
{ A compartmental model for bacterial resistance acquisition over networks. 9th International Congress
on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM). Valencia, Spain, July 2019.
{ Are we still in the end of the antibiotic era? An epidemiological model for bacterial resistance acquisition
over networks. VII Congreso de Matemática Aplicada, Computacional e Industrial. Río Cuarto, Argentina,
May 2019.
{ Fighting against resistant bacteria: how long will antibiotics help?. International Congress of Mathe-
maticians. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2018.
{ Modelling the effect of horizontal transferof sym genes, strain competition and nodule co-occupation
on N2 fixing and non-fixing rhizobia coexistence in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. 20th International
Congress on Nitrogen Fixation. Granada, Spain, September 2017.
{ Kinetic models for complex living systems. Escuela de Matemáticas de América Latina y el Caribe.
Corrientes, Argentina, August 2017.
{ Modeling of mobility in complex living systems: from cells to crowds. Canadian Society of Applied and
Industrial Mathematics Annual Meeting. Halifax, Canada, July 2017.
{ Are we in the end of the antibiotic era? A mathematical model for bacterial resistance.. VI Congreso de
Matemática Aplicada, Computacional e Industrial. Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, May 2017.
{ Mathematical tools for models in social dynamics: from the study of criminality to crowd evacuation.
Workshop Smart Cities: Modeling and Simulation of Sustainable Societies. Buenos Aires, Argentina,
December 2016.
{ A kinetic model for the onset and evolution of criminality. Reunión Anual de la Unión Matemática
Argentina. Santa Fe, Argentina, September 2015.
{ A kinetic model of wealth distribution and migration phenomena. International Congress on Industrial
and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM). Beijing, China, August 2015.
{ A mathematical model for the interaction between immune system and cancer cells. Workshop
internacional “La matemática como herramienta para entender la biología / la biología como fuente de
problemas matemáticos”. Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 2015.
{ A kinetic type model of crowd dynamics and evacuation. 1st Meeting of Applied Mathematics students,
Asociación de Universidades del Grupo de Montevideo. Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2014.
{ A mathematical model of crowd dynamics. BIOMAT. La Falda, Argentina, August 2014.
{ A kinetic approach to the modeling of crowd dynamics. SisCO-SIMAI Workshop: Safety, panic, traffic
and crowd dynamics. Bologna, Italy, October 2013.
{ A kinetic theory approach to the modeling of crowd dynamics. 3rd Meeting of young researchers
modelling biological processes - BIOMAT. Granada, Spain, June 2013.
{ Modeling and simulation of free boundary problems for crowd dynamics by the kinetic theory for active
particles. Advances in Computational Mechanics (A Conference Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Thomas
Hughes). San Diego, USA, February 2013. (Communicated by N. Bellomo)
{ Metodi della teoria cinetica nello studio della selezione Darwiniana e competizione immunitaria. Incontro
PRIN: Metodi e modelli matematici della teoria cinetica per sistemi complessi. Catania, Italy, February
2013.
{ On a model for migration phenomena. VI Congreso Italo-Latinoamericano de Matemática Aplicada e
Industrial. Rosario, Argentina, Diciembre de 2012.
{ Adjoint method for a tumour growth PDE-constrained optimization problem. IV Congreso Latinoameri-
cano de Matemáticos. Córdoba, Argentina, August 2012.
{ Parameter estimation in a boundary value problem for tumor growth. Reunión Anual de la Unión
Matemática Argentina. San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, September 2011.
{ A boundary value problem for a tumor growth and treatment model. III Congreso de Matemática
Aplicada, Computacional e Industrial. Bahía Blanca, Argentina, May 2011.
{ A mathematical model for tumor growth with chemotherapy. Reunión Anual de la la Unión Matemática
Argentina. Tandil, Argentina, September 2010.
{ Special functions. X Jornadas de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Universidad Nacional de Formosa. Formosa,
Argentina, November 2007.
Posters
{ Mathematical Modeling of Crowd Evacuation from Bounded Domains. IX Pan-American Workshop
Applied Mathematics & Computational Science. Varadero, Cuba, June 2018.
{ A kinetic theory approach to the dynamics of crowd evacuation from bounded domains. SoFiA: Latin
American School and Workshop on Data Analysis and Mathematical Modeling of Social Sciences.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2016.
{ Explaining the coexistence of N2-fixing and non-fixing rhizobia in the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis using
mathematical modelling and experiments. VII Escuela Argentina de Biología y Matemática. Huerta
Grande, Argentina, August 2016.
{ A mathematical model for tumour growth (and parameter estimation). Workshop on mathematical
methods and modeling of biophysical phenomena. Foz do Iguazu, Brasil, March 2011.
{ A mathematical model for tumor growth with chemotherapy. IV Escuela Argentina de Biología y
Matemática. La Falda, Argentina, August 2010.
Mentoring
Present Mentor of 2 undergraduate students, co-supervisor of 2 Ph.D. students and advisor of a
postdoc researcher.
2015-present Associate Professor, Cordoba National University.
2009-2015 Teaching Assistant, Cordoba National University.
2015 & 2019 Instructor in the Mathematics leveling course for incoming students, Cordoba National
University.
2009-2010 Instructor of the PACENI Progam (support to students in their first year at University),
Cordoba National University.
2007 & 2008 Instructor in the Mathematics leveling course for incoming students, Universidad Nacional
del Nordeste.
2006-2008 Teaching Assistant, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste.
Grants & funding
2018-2019 Scientific responsible of the project “Mathematical modeling of the soy-rhizobia symbiosis,
a tool for mitigating climate change”, granted by Ministry of Science and Technology,
Córdoba.
2015-2019 Scientific responsible of the project PICT 2015-1066 “Mathematical modeling and simula-
tions of complex living systems”, granted by National Agency for Scientific and Technolog-
ical Promotion.
2008-2019 Member of various research projects granted by CONICET, ANPCyT and Secyt-UNC.
2012-2014 Participant in the European Projects FP7 No 202047 - RESOLVE and FP7 No 313161 -
eVACUATE through the partner Politecnico di Torino.
Prizes & awards
2018 Travel award to participate in the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Germany.
2017 Travel award as Visiting Professor, InDAM, Italy.
2010 Travel award to participate in the Bootcamp in Cancer Modeling, Ohio State University.
2010 Travel award to participate in the Pan-American Studies Institute in Computational Science
and Engineering, Valencia, Venezuela.
2009 Gold Medal Prize for being the best graduated in year 2008. FaCENA-UNNE.
2008 Medal Prize & Diploma as the best Chemical Engineer graduated of Argentina in year
2007. UTN, Buenos Aires.
2008 Gold Medal Prize as the best graduated in year 2007. UTN - Fac. Regional Resistencia.
2005 Standard-bearer of the Facultad Regional Resistencia, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional.
1997-2000 Participation in the national contests of the Argentinian Mathematical Olympics
Other academic activities
Reviewer Applied Mathematics and Computation, Applied Mathematics Letters, Applied Soil Ecology,
Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Computational and Applied Mathematics,
International Journal of Biomathematics, Journal of Computational Science, Mathematical
Methods in the Applied Sciences, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sci-
ences, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Networks and Heterogeneous Media,
Optimization, Physica A.
Organization 6th and 7th Argentinian School of Mathematics and Biology (2014 and 2016), Workshop
on Differential Equations and Applications (2018), XI Conference of the Italian Applied
Mathematical Society (2012).
Committees Member of undergraduate and graduate academic committees, Department of Mathematics,
Cordoba National University; member of the Cordoba University Superior Council.
Experience in industry
2006-2007 Project for the industrial elaboration of dehydrated potatoes, industrial plant design and
manufacture processes (final project to obtain the degree of Chemical Engineer.
2005-2006 Experience in industrial plant and laboratory in the chemical products factory Gualok S.A.,
Fontana, Argentina.
Software
Programming MATLAB, Python, Julia, Fortran, R
Typesetting Microsoft Office, Latex
OS Linux/Unix, Windows, iOS
Languages
Spanish (native), English (fluent), Italian (fluent), Hebrew(elementary)
	Education
	Research Experience
	Extramural Training
	Fellowships
	Publications
	Research presentations
	Mentoring
	Grants & funding
	Prizes & awards
	Other academic activities
	Industrial experience
	Software
	Languages