Sarah Waters
Professor of Applied Mathematics
My research is in physiological fluid mechanics, tissue biomechanics and the application of mathematics to problems in medicine and biology. My work varies from classical applied mathematics problems motivated by physiological applications to highly interdisciplinary work. I collaborate with life scientists, clinicians, bioengineers, theoreticians and experimentalists to develop and solve models that are novel, realistic and provide insights into biomedical problems. The resulting models often lead to theoretical predictions that can be exploited in the laboratory.
Recent publications
Humanoid Robotic Loading Enhances Mechanotransduction in Tendon Tissue Engineering.
Journal article
Liu Z. et al, (2026), Cyborg Bionic Syst, 7
The influence of cell phenotype on collective cell invasion into the extracellular matrix.
Journal article
Yin Y. et al, (2025), Bull Math Biol, 88
Cyclic loading of a heterogeneous non-linear poroelastic material.
Journal article
Godard ZC. et al, (2025), Soft Matter, 21, 7487 - 7507
Viscoelastic time responses of polymeric cell substrates measured continuously from 0.1-5000 Hz in liquid by photothermal AFM nanorheology.
Journal article
Adam CE. et al, (2025), Nanoscale, 17, 21810 - 21836
JFM 'Outstanding Reviewers' 2024
Journal article
Waters SL. and Caulfield CCP., (2025), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1018
