Marie E. Rognes
Chief Research Scientist
- Department
- Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
- Organisation
- Simula Research Laboratory
- Research Interests
- Scientific Computing Applied mathematics Numerical methods Partial differential equations Neuroscience

- meg@simula.no
Publications
2025
Journal Articles
G. S. Brennan, T. Thompson, H. Oliveri, V. Vinje, G. Ringstad, P. Eide, A. Goriely and M. E. Rognes
Heterogeneity in human brain clearance adds resilience against tauopathy
TBA
M. Causemann, M. Kuchta, R. Masri and M. E. Rognes
In-silico molecular enrichment and clearance of human intracranial spaces
TBA
Talks, invited
M. E. Rognes
Brain membranes and vasculature. A computational mathematics tale of dimensional gaps
Computational and Applied Mathematics Seminar, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
2024
Journal Articles
J. G. Laughlin, J. S. Dokken, H. Finsberg, E. A. Francis, C. T. Lee, M. E. Rognes and P. Rangamani
SMART: Spatial Modeling Algorithms for Reactions and Transport
Journal of Open Source Software
E. A. Francis, J. G. Laughlin, J. S. Dokken, H. Finsberg, C. T. Lee, M. E. Rognes and P. Rangamani
Spatial modeling algorithms for reactions and transport in biological cells
Nature Computational Science
L. W. Dreyer, A. Eklund, M. E. Rognes, J. Malm, S. Qvarlander, K. Støverud, K. Mardal and V. Vinje
Modeling CSF circulation and the glymphatic system during infusion using subject specific intracranial pressures and brain geometries
Fluids and Barriers of the Central Nervous System
P. Benedusi, A. J. Ellingsrud, H. Herlyng and M. E. Rognes
Scalable approximation and solvers for ionic electrodiffusion in cellular geometries
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
I. Gjerde, M. Kuchta, M. E. Rognes and B. Wohlmuth
Directional flow in perivascular networks: mixed finite elements for reduced-dimensional models on graphs
Journal of Mathematical Biology
N. Berre, M. E. Rognes and A. Massing
Cut finite element discretizations of cell-by-cell EMI electrophysiology models
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
P. Benedusi, P. Ferrari, M. E. Rognes and S. Serra-Capizzano
Modeling excitable cells with the EMI equations: spectral analysis and iterative solution strategy
Journal of Scientific Computing
R. Masri, M. Zeinhofer, M. Kuchta and M. E. Rognes
The modelling error in multi-dimensional time-dependent solute transport models
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis
Book Chapters
M. E. Rognes
Estimating fluid flow fields from contrast imaging
Mathematical modeling of the human brain II: from glymphatics to deep learning
M. Causemann, V. Vinje and M. E. Rognes
The pulsating brain: an interface-coupled fluid-poroelastic interaction model of the cranial cavity
Mathematical modeling of the human brain II: from glymphatics to deep learning
M. E. Rognes, K. Mardal, L. M. Valnes and V. Vinje
From brain physiology to brain physics
Mathematical modeling of the human brain II: from glymphatics to deep learning
C. Daversin-Catty, J. P. Dean and M. E. Rognes
Finite Element Software and Performance for Network Models with Multipliers
Quantitative Approaches to Microcirculation: Mathematical Models, Computational Methods and Data Analysis
Edited books
Mathematical modeling of the human brain II: from glymphatics to deep learning
Posters
M. Causemann, R. Masri, M. Kuchta and M. E. Rognes
Modelling molecular transport in human pial perivasculature
Lund Glymphatics Symposium
Talks, keynote
M. E. Rognes
Brain membranes and vasculature: a computational mathematics tale of dimensional gaps
Norwegian Mathematics Meeting, Oslo, Norway
M. E. Rognes
Cell membranes and perivascular pathways: a finite element tale of dimensional gaps
2024 Woudschoten Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Scientific Computing Society
M. E. Rognes
Brains in motion: computational modelling of the brain's waterscape
2024 Woudschoten Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Scientific Computing Society
M. E. Rognes
In-silico glymphatics: computational modelling of the brain's waterscape
2024 Oslo Brain Fluids Symposium, Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo, Norway
Talks, invited
M. E. Rognes
Computational mathematics for the brain’s waterscape
ERC NEMESIS Synergy Grant Kick-off Workshop, Montpellier, France
M. E. Rognes
Brains in motion: computational modelling of the brain's waterscape
European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Colloquium
M. E. Rognes
Computational mathematics and brain multiphysics
Norwegian Center of Molecular Medicine, Oslo, Norway
2023
Journal Articles
J. S. Dokken, I. A. Baratta, J. P. Dean, M. Habera, J. S. Hale, C. Richardson, M. E. Rognes, N. Sime and G. N. Wells
DOLFINx: The next generation FEniCS problem solving environment
Zenodo
J. G. Laughlin, J. S. Dokken, H. Finsberg, E. A. Francis, C. T. Lee, M. E. Rognes and P. Rangamani
SMART: Spatial Modeling Algorithms for Reaction and Transport
The Journal of Open Source Software
E. Eliseussen, M. E. Rognes and T. B. Thompson
A-posteriori error estimation and adaptivity for multiple-network poroelasticity
ESIAM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis
N. Boullé, P. E. Farrell and M. E. Rognes
Optimization of Hopf Bifurcation Points
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
G. S. Brennan, T. B. Thompson, H. Oliveri, M. E. Rognes and A. Goriely
The role of clearance in neurodegenerative diseases
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
E. Piersanti, M. E. Rognes and V. Vinje
Are brain displacements and pressures within the parenchyma induced by surface pressure differences? A computational modelling study
PLOS ONE
V. Vinje, B. Zapf, G. Ringstad, P. K. Eide, M. E. Rognes and K. Mardal
Human brain solute transport quantified by glymphatic MRI-informed biophysics during sleep and sleep deprivation
Fluids and Barriers of the Central Nervous System
M. J. Sætra, A. J. Ellingsrud and M. E. Rognes
Neural activity induces strongly coupled electro-chemo-mechanical interactions and fluid flow in astrocyte networks and extracellular space – a computational study
PLoS Computational Biology
I. Gjerde, M. E. Rognes and A. Sánchez
The directional flow generated by peristalsis in perivascular networks - theoretical and numerical reduced-order description
Journal of Applied Physics
Posters
M. Causemann, R. Enger and M. E. Rognes
Computational Modeling of Astrocyte Endfeet: Insights into their Mechanical Buffering Function
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E. Hauge, M. J. Sætra, G. T. Einevoll, M. E. Rognes and G. Halnes
Neuronal synchronization through electrochemical ephaptic coupling
Bernstein Conference, 2023 Berlin, Germany
Talks, invited
A. J. Ellingsrud, M. J. Sætra and M. E. Rognes
Mathematical modeling of electrical, chemical and mechanical interplay in brain tissue
Seminar UiO, Oslo, Norway
M. E. Rognes
Perivascular pathways and the dimension-2 gap
Scientific Computing Seminar, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, US
M. E. Rognes
Perivascular pathways and the dimension-2 gap
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Seminar, Courant Institute, NY, US
M. E. Rognes
Brains in motion - computational modelling of the brain's waterscape
Oden Institute Seminar, University of Texas at Austin, TX, US
M. E. Rognes
Perivascular pathways and the dimension-2 gap
CMOR Colloqium Series, Rice University, Houston, TX, US
Talks, contributed
C. Daversin-Catty, J. P. Dean, M. E. Rognes and G. N. Wells
Mixed-Domain Coupled Finite Elements in FEniCSx
SIAM CSE23 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2022
Talks, invited
M. E. Rognes
Such stuff as dreams are made on: a computational tale of optimal transport and brain clearance
IEEE Brain Discovery Workshop on Brain, Mind and Body: Cognitive Neuroengineering for Health and Wellness
M. E. Rognes
Finite elements and brain multiphysics
MAE 207: Finite element analysis in coupled problems, UCSD, La Jolla, US
Talks, contributed
C. Daversin-Catty, V. Vinje, I. Gjerde, K. Mardal and M. E. Rognes
Modeling fluid flow in perivascular networks
ECCOMAS22, Oslo (Norway)
2021
Journal Articles
C. Daversin-Catty, C. Richardson, A. J. Ellingsrud and M. E. Rognes
Abstractions and Automated Algorithms for Mixed Domain Finite Element Methods
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
Book Chapters
A. J. Ellingsrud, C. Daversin-Catty and M. E. Rognes
A cell-based model for ionic electrodiffusion in excitable tissue
Modeling Excitable Tissue: The EMI Framework
Talks, invited
C. Daversin-Catty and M. E. Rognes
Mixed-dimensional coupled finite elements in FEniCS.
Indo-Norwegian workshop on computational challenges and modelling of coupled processes in porous media, University of Bergen (Norway)
C. Daversin-Catty, I. Gjerde, K. Mardal, M. E. Rognes and V. Vinje
Modeling fluid flow in perivascular networks
Oslo glymphatics symposium, Oslo (Norway)
2018
Journal Articles
G. Balaban, H. Finsberg, S. W. Funke, T. F. Håland, E. Hopp, J. Sundnes, S. Wall and M. E. Rognes
In vivo estimation of elastic heterogeneity in an infarcted human heart
Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology
2017
Journal Articles
G. Balaban, H. Finsberg, H. H. Odland, M. E. Rognes, S. Ross, J. Sundnes and S. Wall
High‐resolution data assimilation of cardiac mechanics applied to a dyssynchronous ventricle
International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering