Journal of Elasticity - Call for Papers - Mechanics of Growth and Remodeling in Biology
Guest Editors:
Prof. Paola Nardinocchi, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Prof. Eric Puntel, Università di Udine, Italy
Prof. Giuseppe Zurlo, University of Galway, Ireland
Submission status: Open | Submission deadline: 15 May 2024
Summary and scope
The mechanics of growth and remodelling in biology is a fascinating and intensely developing subject. Mechanics benefits biology by providing predictions and explanations. Biology benefits mechanics by stimulating the definition of new conceptual frameworks and terminology. Yet, despite an expansion that at times could be defined tumultuous, recent Special Issues on this subject are scarce.
This Special Issue aims to celebrate and recognize the fruitful, two-way interplay between mechanics and growth in biology by providing an up-to-date state of the art and, in the spirit of the Journal of Elasticity, use the occasion to reflect on the methods and concepts employed.
Submission guidelines
All papers must be prepared in accordance with the Instructions for Authors at: https://www.springer.com/journal/10659/submission-guidelines (this opens in a new tab). Authors should submit via the online submission site and select article type “SI - Mechanics of Growth and Remodeling in Biology”.
Submitted papers should present original, unpublished work, relevant to one of the topics of the Special Issue. All papers will be evaluated on the basis of relevance, significance of contribution, technical quality, scholarship, and quality of presentation by at least two reviewers. It is the policy of the journal that no submission, or substantially overlapping submission, be published or be under review at another journal or conference at any time during the review process. Final decisions on all papers are made by the Editor-in-Chief.
Meet the Guest Editors:Paola Nardinocchi obtained her Ph.D in Structural Engineering from the Università di Bologna. Since then she has been affiliated with the Sapienza Università di Roma, now as a full professor. She is a Member of the Board of the Ph.D. Program in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Sapienza. Her research interests are in the nonlinear mechanics of soft active solids and structures; swelling-driven mechanics of polymers and self-contractile biopolymers gels; design and control of morphing in growing material; compatibility issues in nonlinear mechanics.
Eric Puntel holds a double master’s degree in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and the University of Tokyo. He obtained his Ph.D. from Politecnico di Milano in 2004 with a thesis on cohesive mixed mode fracture. Since then he has been in Udine, initially as post-doc, now as an associate professor. He is interested in the mechanics and stability of growth in soft materials.
Giuseppe Zurlo obtained a MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Bari and a Ph.D in Structural Engineering from the Università di Pisa. After Post-Doc and Research Assistant positions at the Politecnico di Bari, he received the INdAM – Marie Curie Fellowship at LMS – Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. Since 2014 he has been a lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University of Galway, Ireland. His scientific interests are in the broad field of continuum mechanics, with special emphasis on the mechanics of soft solids and on the mechanical description of surface growth.