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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Davide Cusseddu

Citation names

  • Cusseddu, Davide

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
111F-B872-C56A
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6882-9486

Email addresses

  • davide.cusseddu@polito.it (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019
Concluded
 PHD in Mathematics (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Sussex School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, United Kingdom
"Mathematical modelling in cellular biology through compartmentalisation and conservation laws" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014
Concluded
 Matematica per le Applicazioni (Laurea Magistrale)
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Dipartimento di Matematica Guido Castelnuovo, Italy
"Un modello multiscala per la crescita tumorale" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011
Concluded
 Matematica (Laurea)
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Dipartimento di Matematica Guido Castelnuovo, Italy
"Il metodo di Shooting nella risoluzione di problemi ai limiti per equazioni differenziali" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2025/01/16 - 2026/01/15 Postdoc (Research) Politecnico di Torino Facoltà di Ingegneria, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche "G.L. Lagrange", Politecnico di Torino, Italy
2023/09/01 - 2024/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Matemática, Portugal
2021/10/11 - 2022/10/10 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Grupo de Física Matemática, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Grupo de Física Matemática, Portugal
2019/09/02 - 2021/09/30 Postdoc (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015/07/15 - 2018/07/14 Contracted Researcher (Research) University of Sussex School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2022/10/01 - 2023/08/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Atlântica Escola Universitária de Ciências Empresariais Saúde Tecnologias e Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/16 - 2026/01/15 ANATOMY - A Unitary Mathematical Framework for Modelling Muscular Dystrophies
CUP: E53D23018070001
Post-doc
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Center of Mathematics of the University of Minho
UIDB/00013/2020
10.54499/UIDB/00013/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Matemática, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/07/14 - 2018/07/15 InCeM The European network for cell migration studies
642866
Researcher
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Davide Cusseddu. "Fractional derivatives in biomathematical models with memory: A critical discussion". Journal of Mathematical Biology (2026): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-026-02353-x.
    10.1007/s00285-026-02353-x
  2. Cusseddu, Davide; Ferreira, Rui A.C.. "Well–posedness and asymptotics of a fractional generalization of a SIS compartment model". Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 153 (2026): 109503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2025.109503.
    10.1016/j.cnsns.2025.109503
  3. Bisi, Marzia; Cusseddu, Davide; Soares, Ana Jacinta; Travaglini, Romina. "Reaction–Diffusion Systems from Kinetic Models for Bacterial Communities on a Leaf Surface". Journal of Nonlinear Science 36 1 (2026): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00332-025-10234-8.
    10.1007/s00332-025-10234-8
  4. Villar-Sepúlveda, Edgardo; Champneys, Alan R.; Cusseddu, Davide; Madzvamuse, Anotida. "Pattern Formation of Bulk-Surface Reaction-Diffusion Systems in a Ball". SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 86 1 (2026): 21-51. https://doi.org/10.1137/24m1671037.
    10.1137/24m1671037
  5. Cusseddu, Davide. "Fractional Derivatives in Biomathematical Models with Memory: A Critical Discussion". Journal of Mathematical Biology (2026):
    Accepted
  6. Meike T. Wortel; Deepa Agashe; Susan F. Bailey; Claudia Bank; Karen Bisschop; Thomas Blankers; Johannes Cairns; et al. "Towards evolutionary predictions: Current promises and challenges". Evolutionary Applications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13513.
    10.1111/eva.13513
  7. Davide Cusseddu; Anotida Madzvamuse. "Numerical investigations of the bulk-surface wave pinning model". Mathematical Biosciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2022.108925.
    10.1016/j.mbs.2022.108925
  8. Lucy Lansch-Justen; Davide Cusseddu; Mark A. Schmitz; Claudia Bank. "The extinction time under mutational meltdown driven by high mutation rates". Ecology and Evolution (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9046.
    10.1002/ece3.9046
  9. K. A. Jane White; Eduard Campillo-Funollet; Farai Nyabadza; Cusseddu, Davide; Christian Kasumo; Nancy Matendechere Imbusi; Victor Ogesa Juma; A. J. Meir; Theresia Marijani. "Towards understanding crime dynamics in a heterogeneous environment: A mathematical approach". Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics (2021): 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09720502.2020.1860292.
    10.1080/09720502.2020.1860292
  10. D. Cusseddu; L. Edelstein-Keshet; J.A. Mackenzie; S. Portet; A. Madzvamuse. "A coupled bulk-surface model for cell polarisation". Journal of Theoretical Biology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.09.008.
    10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.09.008
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/10/21 Modelling Spatial Dynamics in Biology: Cell Polarisation and Ecological Patterning International Workshop on PDEs and Material Sciences
(Cidade Do México, Mexico)
2024/11/30 A bulk–surface modelling framework for cell polarisation Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) 2024 CMS Winter Meeting
(Vancouver, Canada)
2024/11/06 Patterns in bulk-surface reaction-diffusion systems with an application to cell polarisation 3rd ANAP meeting
CMAT Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2024/10/23 A discussion on mathematical modelling with fractional derivatives with a focus on a SIS epidemiological model UBC Math Bio Seminar
Math Bio group, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
2024/07/25 Diffusion-driven instability in bulk-surface reaction-diffusion systems ECMTB 2024
University of Castilla La Mancha (Toledo, Spain)
2024/05/28 A discussion on mathematical modelling with classical and fractional derivatives Seminario do Grupo de Sistemas e Controlo
Grupo de Sistemas e Controlo (GSC) do Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Matemática e Aplicações (CIDMA) do Departamento de Matemática (DMat) da Universidade de Aveiro (UA) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2024/01/31 Compartmental modelling with fractional derivatives Seminar of Analysis
NOVA Math, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Caparica, Portugal)
2023/12/19 On the application of fractional derivatives in compartmental modelling One Day Meeting in Mathematical Biology
CMAT Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2023/11/15 Sobre a aplicação de derivadas fracionárias em modelos matemáticos em biologia 2nd ANAP Meeting
ANAP group, CMAT, Universidade do Minho (Arouca, Portugal)
2023/09/05 A numerical method for simulating cell membrane and cytosolic dynamics ENUMATH2023
Istituto Superior Tecnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/11/02 A bulk-surface reaction-diffusion model for cell polarisation with membrane-cytosolic interactions One Day Meeting in Mathematical Biology
CMAT Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/07/14 Cell polarisation and cytosolic protein diffusion in the bulk-surface wave-pinning model III Portuguese Meeting on Biomathematics
FCT NOVA (Portugal)
2021/07/28 Extinction or evolutionary rescue: the impact of beneficial mutations in asexual populations IGC Postdoc seminar
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2019/06/18 A coupled bulk-surface model for cell polarisation MAFELAP 2019
Brunel University London (London, United Kingdom)
2019/04/02 Qualitative and quantitative approaches: mathematical models of cell polarisation and keratin network dynamics
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role		 Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/11/15 - Current Modelação matemática da acção de fármacos na inibição de tumores (Mathematical modelling of a drug-induced tumour inhibition)
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Matemática e Computação (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)		 Institution / Organization
2024/01/08 - Current Organização e suporte logistico MAT-DYN-NET 24, Final Conference of the Action Mathematical Models for Interacting Dynamics on Networks (2024/02/05 - 2024/02/09)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/10/07 - 2024/10/09 Organização do 4EPBM (4o Encontro de BioMatemática Português) (2024/10/07 - 2024/10/09)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Matemática, Portugal
2019/10 - 2020/09 Organização do Evolution Club (2019/10) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event		 Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/06/09 - 2025/06/13 XXIII International Conference on WAves and Stability in COntinuous Media (WASCOM)
Conference
 XXIII International Conference on WAves and Stability in COntinuous Media (WASCOM)
Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
2024/09/30 - 2024/09/30 7th Open Day CMAT
Meeting
 7th Open Day CMAT
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/25 6th Open Day CMAT
Meeting
 6th Open Day CMAT
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2023/07 - 2023/07 WM23 - 3rd Women in Mathematics Meeting WM23 - 3rd Women in Mathematics Meeting
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09 - 2022/09 Aula de introdução ao FEniCS pela resolução de equações ás derivadas parciais South Africa - UK USDP (University Staff Doctoral Programme) Research Workshop, Building sustainable collaboration and quality doctoral training
University of Sussex Department of Mathematics, United Kingdom
2019/10 - 2019/10 Apresentação do poster How does epigenetically regulated phenotypic switching facilitate genetic rescue?
Workshop
 Predicting Evolution Workshop
Lorentz Center, Netherlands
2019/09 - 2019/09 Apresentação do poster A bulk-surface model for cell polarisation Joint Young Scientist Retreat
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Institut Curie, France

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/02 - Current EMS Topical Activity Group on Mathematical Modelling in Life Sciences (EMS-TAG-MLS)
2019/10 - 2021/10 IGC Postdoc Committee

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/06/26 - 2023/06/29 Resolução de sistemas acoplados de equações as derivadas parciais volumétricas e de superficies com FEniCS na Summer School on (Bulk-) Surface Partial Differential Equations Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium
2023/03/06 - 2023/06/23 Cálculo 2 (Licenciatura) Atlântica Escola Universitária de Ciências Empresariais Saúde Tecnologias e Engenharia, Portugal
2022/10 - 2023/01 Cálculo 1 (Licenciatura) Atlântica Escola Universitária de Ciências Empresariais Saúde Tecnologias e Engenharia, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025/10/13 - 2025/10/27 Estadia de investigação a convite do Grupo de Investigación en Ecuaciones Diferenciales Parciales no Lineales Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y Sistemas, Mexico