This talk will consist of two parts, namely Math4NL and her research with life sciences. She will give an overview of the activities of Math4NL in bridging mathematics and society. Second, she will give a brief overview of her research and then focus on a joint project with pharmacologists about drug
dynamics and binding in the brain. They have developed a 3D brain unit network model to understand the spatial-temporal distribution of a drug within the brain under different (normal and disease) conditions. Their main aim is to study the impact of disease-induced changes in drug transport processes on spatial drug distribution within the brain extracellular fluid (ECF).

Vivi Rottschäfer is Associate Professor in the Analysis and Dynamical Systems group of the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University and she is Professor by special appointment “Industrial Mathematics” at the Korteweg-de Vries Instituut of the University of Amsterdam. She is a specialist in dynamical systems theory and partial differential equations with a focus on applications.

She has joint projects with researchers in pharmacology on drug distribution, delivery and effect, and environmental scientists. Vivi is the chair of the board of Math4NL. This organisation aims to strengthen the interaction between mathematicians and society. As part of this, Vivi is chair of the National Committee which coordinates the organisation of the Dutch `Study Group Mathematics with Industry’. She has organised two of these study groups herself.