Dr Maryam Parvizi

I am a Research Fellow in Industrial and Applied Mathematics at the School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham working with Prof Fabian Spill.

Previously, I was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Applied Mathematics, Leibniz University Hannover, under the supervision of Prof Thomas Wick. Additionally, I was a scientific member of the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD.

I was a visiting scholar at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford hosted by Prof Patrick Farrell.

Academic Positions


Research Fellow in Industrial and Applied Mathematics

School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham

Apr 2024 - present
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
Oxford, United Kingdom
Dec 2020 - Mar 2024
Hannover, Germany
Dec 2020 - Mar 2022
Hannover, Germany
Jul 2017 - Nov 2020
Vienna, Austria
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
Vienna, Austria
Feb 2013 - Dec 2016
Tehran, Iran

Education




Jul 2019 - Jun 2021
Vienna, Austria

MSc in Applied Mathematics

Tarbiat Modares University

Oct 2009 - Feb 2013
Tehran, Iran

BSc in Pure Mathematics

Shahid Beheshti University

Oct 2005 - Jul 2009
Tehran, Iran

Research Interests


Finite elements and boundary element methods:
  • Adaptive and mixed finite elements
  • FEM-BEM coupling techniques
Hierarchical techniques:
  • Hierarchical matrices and multilevel decomposition techniques
Numerical treatment of Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetics problems
Numerical solutions of PDEs containing non-local operators
Numerical solutions of damage and phase-transition models
Mathematical Biology:
  • Mathematical modeling of cell-related phenomena:
    • Endoplasmic reticulum morphology and its relation to cytoskeletal dynamics and cell morphology in cell migration
    • Mathematical modeling of mitochondrial dynamics, including fission and fusion processes
  • Mathematical modeling of damage in living structures, such as bones
Uncertainty quantification:
  • Numerical methods for stochastic PDEs
  • Bayesian inversion methods
Machine learning and deep neural networks

Research Publications

Published articles:

    20- M. Abbaszadeh, M. Parvizi, A. Khodadadian, T. Wick, M. Dehghan, A reproducing kernel particle method (RKPM) algorithm for solving the tropical Pacific Ocean model, 179, 197-211, 2025, Computers & Mathematics With Applications, DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2024.12.011

    19- M. Abbaszadeh, A. Khodadadian, M. Parvizi, M. Dehghan, Dunhui Xiao, A reduced-order least squares-support vector regression and isogeometric collocation method to simulate Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equation, Journal of Computational Physics, 523, 113650, 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113650

    18- S. Mirsian, W. Hilber, E. Khodadadian, M. Parvizi, A. Khodadadian, S. M. Khoshfetrat, C. Heitzinger, B. Jakoby, Graphene-based FETs for advanced biocatalytic profiling: Investigating heme peroxidase activity with machine learning insights, 192, 199, 2025, Microchimica Acta, DOI: 10.1007/s00604-025-06955-y

    17- M. Abbaszadeh, A. Khodadadian, M. Parvizi and M. Dehghan, Investigation of combustion model via the local collocation technique based on moving Taylor polynomial (MTP) approximation/domain decomposition method with error analysis, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 159, 288-301, 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2023.11.010

    16- S. Shashaani, M. Teshnehlab, A. Khodadadian, M. Parvizi, T. Wick and N. Noii, Using layer-wise training for road semantic segmentation in autonomous cars, IEEE Access, 11, 46320-46329, 2023, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3255988

    15- M. Faustmann, J. M. Melenk and M. Parvizi, Caccioppoli-type estimates and \(\mathcal H\)-Matrix approximations to inverses for FEM-BEM couplings, Numerische Mathematik, 150, 849-892, 2022, DOI: 10.1007/s00211-021-01261-0

    14- A. Khodadadian, M. Parvizi, M. Teshnehlab and C. Heitzinger, Rational design of field-effect sensors using partial differential equations, Bayesian inversion, and artificial neural networks, Sensors, 22(13), 4785, 2022, DOI: 10.3390/s22134785

    13- M. Faustmann, J. M. Melenk and M. Parvizi, \(\mathcal H\)-matrix approximability of inverses of FEM matrices for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations, Advances in Computational Mathematics, 48, 59, 2022, DOI: 10.1007/s10444-022-09965-z

    12- M. Faustmann, J. M. Melenk and M. Parvizi, On the stability of Scott-Zhang type operators and application to multilevel preconditioning in fractional diffusion, ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (ESAIM: M2AN), 55(2), 595-625, 2021, DOI: 10.1051/m2an/2020079

    11- M. Parvizi A. Khodadadian and M. R. Eslahchi, A mixed finite element method for solving coupled wave equation of Kirchhoff type with nonlinear boundary damping and memory term, Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 44(17), 12500-12521, 2021, DOI: 10.1002/mma.7556

    10- A. Khodadadian, M. Parvizi and C. Heitzinger, An adaptive multilevel Monte Carlo algorithm for the stochastic drift-diffusion-Poisson system, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 368, 113163, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2020.113163

    9- A. Khodadadian, N. Noii, M. Parvizi, M. Abbaszadeh, T. Wick and C. Heitzinger, A Bayesian estimation method for variational phase-field fracture problems, Computational Mechanics, 66(4), 827-849, 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-020-01876-4

    8- M. Parvizi, A. Khodadadian and M. Eslahchi, Analysis of Ciarlet-Raviart mixed finite element methods for solving damped Boussinesq equation, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 379, 112818, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2020.112818

    7- M. Abbaszadeh, A. Khodadadian, M. Parvizi, M. Dehghan and C. Heitzinger, A direct meshless local collocation method for solving stochastic Cahn-Hilliard-Cook and stochastic Swift-Hohenberg equations, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 98, 253-264, 2019, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-019-01688-1

    6- A. Khodadadian, M. Abbaszadeh, M. Parvizi, M. Dehghan and C. Heitzinger, A multilevel Monte Carlo finite element method for the stochastic Cahn-Hilliard-Cook equation, Computational Mechanics, 64(4), 937-949, 2019, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-019-01688-1

    5- M. Parvizi and M. Eslahchi, A numerical method based on extended Raviart-Thomas (ER-T) mixed finite element method for solving damped Boussinesq equation, Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 40(16), 5906-5924, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/mma.4442

    4- M. Parvizi and M. Eslahchi The convergence and stability analysis of the Jacobi collocation method for solving nonlinear fractional differential equations with integral boundary conditions, Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 39(8), 2038-2056, 2016, DOI: 10.1002/mma.3619

    3- M. Parvizi, M. Eslahchi and M. Dehghan, Numerical solution of fractional advection-diffusion equation with a nonlinear source term, Numerical Algorithm, 68, 601-629, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s11075-014-9863-7

    2- M. Eslahchi, M. Dehghan and M. Parvizi, Application of the collocation method for solving nonlinear fractional integro-differential equations, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 257, 105-12, 2014, DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2013.07.044

    1- M. Eslahchi and M. Parvizi, Application of collocation method in finding roots, Iranian Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Informatics, 8, 91-104, 2013, URL: https://www.sid.ir/paper/310352/en

Submitted articles:

    2- M. Parvizi, A. Khodadadian and T. Wick, Analysis of a fully discretized FDM-FEM scheme for solving thermo-elastic-damage coupled nonlinear PDE systems, submitted for publication, 2024, ArXiv: 2302.01994

    1- E. Khodadadian, S. Mirsian, S. Shashaani, M. Parvizi, A. Khodadadian, P. Knees, W. Hilber, and C. Heitzinger, A Bayesian inversion supervised learning framework for the enzyme activity in graphene field-effect transistors, submitted for publication, 2024

Proceedings and talks:

    10- M. Parvizi, A. Khodadadian, S. Beuchler and T. Wick, Hierarchical LU preconditioning for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations, Domain Decomposition 27, Prague, Czech, January 21-25, 2022, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50769-4_47

    9- M. Parvizi, J. M. Melenk and M. Faustmann, \(\mathcal H\)-matrix approximability of inverses of FEM matrices for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations, Domain Decomposition 27, Prague, Czech, July 2022.

    8- A. Khodadadian, N. Noii, M. Parvizi and Thomas Wick, A global/local approach for parameter estimation in phase-field fracture problems, ECCOMAS2022, Oslo, Norway, June 2022.

    7- M. Parvizi, \(\mathcal H\)-Matrix approximations to inverses for FEM-BEM couplings, GAMM-FA Treffen, Hannover, Germany, June 2022.

    6- M. Parvizi, \(\mathcal H\)-Matrix approximations to inverses for FEM-BEM couplings in Maxwell equations, Leibniz meets Humboldt Conference in Optics and Photonics, Hannover, Germany, June 2022. I got travel and accommodation awards for this conference.

    5- M. Parvizi, \(\mathcal H\)-Matrix approximations to inverses for FEM-BEM couplings, Chemnitz Finite Element Symposium, Chemniz, Germany, September 2021.

    4- A. Khodadadian, N. Noii, M. Parvizi M. Abbaszadeh, T. Wick and C. Heitzinger, Bayesian inversion for variational phase-field fracture problems, Chemnitz Finite Element Symposium, Munich, Germany, March, 2020.

    3- M. Faustmann, J. M.Melenk, M. Parvizi and D. Praetorius, Optimal adaptivity and preconditioning for the fractional Laplacian, 90st GAMM Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, February 18-22, 2019.

    2- A. Khodadadian, M. Parvizi and C. Heitzinger, Optimal multi-level Monte Carlo and adaptive grid refinement for the stochastic drift-diffusion-Poisson system, SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (UQ 2018), Garden Grove, CA, USA, April 16-19, 2018.

    1- M. Faustmann, J. M.Melenk, M. Parvizi and D. Praetorius, Optimal adaptivity and preconditioning for the fractional Laplacian, Sixth Chilean Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations (WONAPDE 2019), Conception, Chile, January 21-25, 2019.

Research Grants



2) UKRI-Analysis for Innovators Round 13 Mini Projects: Stage 2 (Co-PI) Nov 2024 - Feb 2025

Project: Combining biosensing data with mathematical modeling to predict stem cell behavior to improve cell manufacturing efficiency

Grant: £49,797

3) Royal Society Short Industry Fellowship 2024 (PI) Dec 2024 - May 2025

Project: Mathematical modeling of a new device for tumor measurement

Grant: £22,000

Teaching Experience



  • Winter term 2024-25

    • LM Topics in Applied Mathematics (Lecturer)

  • Winter term 2023-24

    • Computational Mathematics with Python (Lecturer)

  • Summer term 2022-23

    • Boundary Element Methods for Solving PDEs (Lecturer)

  • Winter term 2021-22

    • Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (Lecturer)

  • Summer term 2020

    • Numerical Methods for Coupled Variational Inequality Systems (Teaching Assistant)
    • Numerical Methods in Continuum Mechanics (Teaching Assistant)

  • Winter term 2015-16

    • Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (Teaching Assistant)

Visiting Positions



Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
Vienna, Austria

Institute of Applied Mathematics

Leibniz University Hannover

hosted by Prof. Thomas Wick

Jun 2019
Hannover, Germany

Institute of Mathematics

University of Oxford

hosted by Prof. Patrick Farrell

Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
Oxford, United Kingdom

Programming skills



  • MATLAB

  • Python

  • FEniCS

  • Netgen/NGSolve

  • Firedrake



Languages


  • English (fluent speaker)

  • Persian (native speaker)

  • German (elementary speaker)

Academic Prizes



  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

    Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for two years (2022-2024).

  • The Best Paper Awards 2021

    Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, TU Wien, Austria

    M. Faustmann, J. M. Melenk and M. Parvizi, On the stability of Scott-Zhang type operators and application to multilevel preconditioning in fractional diffusion. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (ESAIM: M2AN), 55(2), 595-625, 2021.