Malte Rolf-Pissarczyk

Graz University of Technology
Institute of Biomechanics
Stremayrgasse 16/2
8010 Graz, Austria

Phone: 0316-873-35504
Phone (overseas): ++43-316-873-35504
E-mail: m.rolf-pissarczyk@tugraz.at

Biography

Education

10/14 - 12/17:	M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany
9/10 - 1/15:	B.Sc. Plant Operation Engineering (Anlagenbetriebstechnik), University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven, Germany
9/10 - 7/14:	B.Eng. Building Energy Engineering (Gebäudeenergietechnik), University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven, Germany

Professional Appointments

Since 5/18:

Ph.D. Student, Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology

Research Experience

10/17 - 4/18:	Student Research Assistant: "Computational strategies for chemo-mechano-biological response to arterial injury with FEAP", Institute of Continuum Mechanics, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany
8/16 - 9/17:	Visiting Research Student: "Research on a continuum model for time-dependent material growth with viscoelastic material behavior applied to skeletal bone and muscle" (Master Thesis), University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
2/15 - 7/16:	Student Research Assistant: "Implementation and numerical analysis of a model of associative coupled thermo-plasticity at finite strains with AceGen/AceFEM" and "A discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method to solve small deformation plane strain elasto-plastic problems applying a Q1-P0 formulation" (project work), Institute of Continuum Mechanics, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany

Awards and Honors

2016:

Scholarship of the "Dr. Jürgen und Irmgard Ulderup Stiftung" for studying at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Publications

A. Jafarinia, G.M. Melito, T.S. Müller, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, G.A. Holzapfel, G. Brenn, K. Ellermann and T. Hochrainer [pdf]

Morphological parameters affecting false lumen thrombosis following type B aortic dissection – a systematic study based on simulations of idealized models.
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, in press.

S. Ranftl, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, G. Wolkerstorfer, A. Pepe, J. Egger, W. von der Linden and G.A. Holzapfel [pdf]

Stochastic modeling of inhomogeneities in the aortic wall and uncertainty quantification using a Bayesian encoder-decoder surrogate.
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 401:115594, 2022.

M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, K. Li, D. Fleischmann and G.A. Holzapfel [pdf]

A discrete approach for modeling degraded elastic fibers in aortic dissection.
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 373:113511, 2021.

M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, M.P. Wollner, D.R.Q. Pacheco and G.A. Holzapfel [pdf]

Efficient computational modelling of smooth muscle orientation and function in the aorta.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 477:20210592, 2021.

A. Pepe, J. Li, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, Ch. Gsaxner, X. Chen, G.A. Holzapfel and J. Egger [pdf]
Detection, segmentation, simulation and visualization of aortic dissections: a review.
Medical Image Analysis, 65:101773, 2020.

Biographical Sketch

Malte Rolf-Pissarczyk was born in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany in 1990. He graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven, Germany, with a double bachelor degree. He then completed his master degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany. During his master studies he worked as a student research assistant at the Institute of Continuum Mechanics, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany, where he performed research on material models which describe the phenomenon of plasticity, and subsequently on tissue growth. In addition to that, he studied a time-dependent material growth model for hard and soft tissues for his master thesis as a visiting student researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.

The strong interest on the physiology of the human body has led him to start a Ph.D. in computational biomechanics at the Institute of Biomechanics under the supervision of Professor Gerhard A. Holzapfel.