Aneta Stefanovska

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Aneta Stefanovska is a Macedonian-born, Slovenian-British biophysicist. She is a professor of physics at Lancaster University. [1]

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Stefanovska's research concerns biological oscillations, particularly in the blood circulatory system, and their analysis using wavelets, nonlinear systems, and the Kuramoto model for systems of coupled oscillators. [2] [3] With Peter V. E. McClintock, she is co-editor of the book Physics of Biological Oscillators: New Insights into Non-Equilibrium and Non-Autonomous Systems (Springer, 2021).

She has also performed research on the genetic basis for periodic breathing, one of the symptoms of altitude sickness. [4]

Education and career

Stefanovska earned a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Ljubljana in 1988, [5] and completed her PhD there in 1992 with the dissertation Self-organisation of Biological Systems Influenced By Electric Currents, under the joint supervision of Lojze Vodovnik  [ sl ] and Hermann Haken. [6] As a student, she worked with Haken at the University of Stuttgart in Germany. [7]

She headed the group of nonlinear dynamics and synergetics as a faculty member at the University of Ljubljana, before moving to Lancaster, [5] where she has been a professor since 2010. [8]

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References

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  2. Equations reveal the rebellious rhythms at the heart of nature, Lancaster University, 19 June 2014, retrieved 2022-03-26
  3. Scientists discover systems of change behind everything from climate to health, Lancaster University, 20 November 2017, retrieved 2022-03-26
  4. How cardiorespiratory function is related to genetics, Lancaster University, 27 February 2020, retrieved 2022-03-26
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  6. Aneta Stefanovska at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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