Mr. Vishnu Prathapan | Discrete Modelling | Best Researcher Award

Mr. Vishnu Prathapan, Medical School Hamburg, Germany

Vishnu Prathapan is a results-driven biomedical engineer with a focus on computational modeling and medical imaging. His expertise lies in extracting and analyzing brain dynamics through advanced image processing and numerical simulations, particularly in the context of human brain diseases. Currently, he is actively involved in research on Multiple Sclerosis disease progression across brain regions using computer simulation techniques.

Professional Profile:

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📚 Educational Background:

• M.Sc. in Computational Science and Engineering (Specialization in Mechanical) from Universität Rostock, Germany (04/2016-03/2019). His coursework included computational fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics, modeling and simulation of turbulence, modern wind turbines, and high-performance computing.
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Park College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai, India (07/2011-06/2015).

👨‍💼 Experience:

• Research Assistant at Medical School Hamburg (10/2021-present) and Institute for Anatomy, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Germany (11/2019-10/2021). He is tasked with computing dynamical changes in neural activity to predict disease progression in Multiple Sclerosis by applying the Hodgkin Huxley equation in the connectome network using Python environment. He has contributed to a publication titled “Modeling and simulation for prediction of multiple sclerosis progression: A review and perspective” in Computers in Biology and Medicine.
• Master Thesis at Chair of Fluid Mechanics, Universität Rostock, Germany (10/2018-03/2019), focusing on the construction of a 3D surface model of blood vessels in the brain from medical image data and the analysis of simulation results.
• Student Research Assistant at Institute of General Electrical Engineering, Universität Rostock, Germany (04/2018-06/2018), where he worked on the electromechanical model of Nerve Pulse propagation using Matlab and Finite Difference Method.

📝 Academic Project:

Vishnu Prathapan’s academic project involved geometric modeling and meshing of the FX66-S196-V1 airfoil using GMSH software, followed by the numerical computation of viscous flow around the airfoil using OpenFOAM software.

💻 Software Skills:

Vishnu Prathapan is proficient in a range of software tools including OpenFOAM, Paraview, Ansys CFX, Ansys Fluent, CATIA V5, SOLIDWORKS, Matlab, Python, SnappyHexMesh, Microsoft Office, and LaTeX.

Publication Top Notes:

• Title: Reaction-diffusion models in weighted and directed connectomes
• Published in: PLOS Computational Biology, 2022
• Contributors: Oliver Schmitt, Marcus Kaiser, Christian Nitzsche, Peter Eipert, Vishnu Prathapan, Marc-Thorsten Hütt, Claus C. Hilgetag