My research primarily involves the application of continuum mechanics and mathematical modelling to topics in medicine and biology.
I give a brief introduction to Mathematical Biomechanics in the Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics.
Application areas include the following:
Plant growth: we have developed multiscale models to describe plant cell and tissue expansion, working from the structure of the cell wall up to deformations of whole organs, as well as developing modelling tools for understanding the influence of fluctuating light patterns in photosynthesis. An outline of much of this work is given in an article for SIAM News.
Jensen, O.E. (2021) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 118, e2023962118
Jensen, O.E. (2019) Lectures delivered at IUTAM-CISM International Summer School, Udine, Italy In: Soft Matter in Plants: From Biophysics to Biomimetics", ed. Jensen, K.H. & Forterre, Y. (2022)
Jensen, O.E. & Fozard, J.A. (2015) Physiology 30, 159-166
Band, L.R., Fozard, J.A., Godin, C., Jensen, O.E., Pridmore, T., Bennett, M.J. & King, J.R. (2012) The Plant Cell 24, 3892-3906
Retkute, R., Townsend, A.J., Murchie, E.H., Jensen, O.E. & Preston, S.P. (2018) Ann. Bot.122, 291-302
Burgess, A.J., Retkute, R., Preston, S.P., Jensen, O.E., Pound, M.P., Pridmore, T.T. & Murchie, E.H. (2016) Front. Plant Sci.
Burgess, A.J., Retkute, R., Pound, M.P., Foulkes, J., Preston, S.P., Jensen, O.E., Pridmore, T.T. & Murchie, E.H. (2015) Plant Physiol. 169, 1192-1204
Retkute, R., Smith-Unna, S.E., Smith, R., Burgess, A.J., Jensen, O.E., Johnson, G.N., Preston, S.P. & Murchie, E.H. (2015) J. Exp. Bot. 66, 2437-2447
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Dietrich, D., Pang, L., Kobayashi, A., Fozard, J.A., Boudolf, V., Bhosale, R., Antoni, R., Nguyen, T., Hiratsuka, S., Fujii, N., Miyazawa, Y., Bae, T.-W., Wells, D.M., Owen, M.R., Band, L., Dyson, R.J., Jensen, O.E., King, J.R., Tracy, S.R., Sturrock, C.J., Mooney, S.J., Roberts, J.A., Bhalerao, R., Dinneny, J.R., Rodriguez, P.L., Nagatani, A., Hosokawa, Y., Baskin, T.I., Pridmore, T.P.,De Veylder, L., Takahashi, H. & Bennett, M.J. (2017) Nature Plants 3:17057
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Fozard, J.A., Bennett, M.J., King, J.R. & Jensen, O.E. (2016) Interface Focus 6:20160043
Dyson, R.J., Vizcay-Barrena, G., Band, L.R., Fernandes, A.N., French, A.P., Fozard, J.A., Hodgman, T.C., Kenobi, K., Pridmore, T., Stout, M., Wells, D.M., Wilson, M., Bennett, M.J. & Jensen, O.E. (2014) New Phytologist 202, 1212-1222
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Antoniou Kourounioti, R.L., Band, L.R., Fozard, J.A., Hampstead, A., Lovrics, A., Moyroud, E., Vignolini, S., King, J.R., Jensen, O.E., Glover, B.J. (2013)
J. Roy. Soc. Interface 10, 2012.0847
Nelson, M.R., Band, L.R., Dyson, R.J., Lessinnes, T., Wells, D.M., Yang, C., Everitt, N.M., Jensen, O.E. & Wilson, Z.A. (2012)
New Phytologist 196, 1030-1037
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Peret, B., Li, G., Zhao, J., Band, L.R., Voss, U., Postaire, O., Luu, D., Casimiro, I., Lucas, M., Wells, D.M., Lazzerini, L., Nacry, P., King, J.R., Jensen, O.E., Schaeffner, A.R., Maurel, C. & Bennett, M.J. (2012) Nature Cell Biol. 14, 991-998
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Dyson, R.J., Band, L. & Jensen, O.E. (2012) J. Theor. Biol. 307, 125-136.
Band, L.R., Ubeda-Tomas, S., Dyson, R.J., Middleton, A.M., Hodgman, T.C., Owen, M.R., Jensen, O.E., Bennett, M.J. & King, J.R. (2012)
Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 109, 7577--7582
Dyson, R.J. & Jensen, O.E. (2010) J. Fluid Mech. 655, 472-503
Bresteau, E., Suva, E.E., Revell, C., Hassan, O.A., Grata, A., Sheridan, J., Mitchell, J., Arvantis, C., Korobova, F., Woolner, S., Jensen, O.E., Mitchell, B. (2024)
Cowley, N., Revell, C.K., Johns, E., Woolner, S. & Jensen, O.E. (2024) Proc. Roy. Soc. A (to appear)
Jensen, O.E. & Revell, C.K. (2023) Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol. 22, 1465-1486
Jensen, O.E., Johns, E. & Woolner, S. (2020) Proc. Roy. Soc. A 20190716
[Errata: on page 19, line 1, dim(im(AT))
should read dim(im(A))
and dim(im(BT))
should read dim(im(B))
; on page 19, line 6, dim(im(AT))
should read dim(ker(B))
; on page 21, equation (E3), Ψ should read Ψi]
Nestor-Bergmann, A., Stooke-Vaughan, G.A., Goddard, G.K., Starborg, T., Jensen, O.E. & Woolner, S. (2019) Cell Reports 26 P2088-2100.E4
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Acharya, B.R., Nestor-Bergmann, A., Liang, X., Gupta, S., Budnar, S., Marcq, P., Jensen, O.E., Bryant, Z. & Yap, A.S. (2018) Dev. Cell 47, 1-14
Nestor-Bergmann, A., Johns, E., Woolner, S. & Jensen, O.E. (2018) Phys. Rev. E 97, 052409
Nestor-Bergmann, A., Goddard, G., Woolner, S. & Jensen, O.E. (2017) Math. Med. Biol. 35 (suppl_1), i1-i27
Nelson, M.R., King, J.R. & Jensen, O.E. (2013) Math. Biosci. 246, 229-241
Kirkham, G.R., Lovrics, A., Byrne, H.M., Jensen, O.E., King, J.R., Shakesheff, K.M. & Buttery, L.D.K. (2012) Integrative Biology 4, 1470-1477
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Fozard, J.A., Kirkham, G.R., Buttery, L.D.K., King, J.R., Jensen, O.E. & Byrne, H.M. (2011) BMC Bioinformatics 12:396
Nelson, M.R., Howard, D., Jensen, O.E., King, J.R., Rose, F.R.A.J. & Waters, S.L. (2011) Biomech. Mod. Mechanobiol. 10, 883-900
Lemon, G., Howard, D., Yang, H., Ratchev, S.M., Segal, J.I., Rose, F.R.A.J., Jensen, O.E., Waters, S.L. & King, J.R. (2011) Biomech. Mod. Mechanobiol. 10, 539-558
Fozard, J.A., Byrne, H.M., Jensen, O.E. & King, J.R. (2010) Math. Med. Biol. 27, 39-74
Lemon, G., King, J.R., Byrne, H.M., Jensen, O.E., Shakesheff, K. (2006) J. Math. Biol. 52, 571-594
Tarannum, N., Hargreaves, D., Ilieava, D., Goddard, G.K., Jensen O.E.& Woolner, S. (2024)
Hargreaves, D., Woolner, S. & Jensen O.E. (2024) Bull. Math. Biol.(to appear)
Pearce, S.P., Heil, M., Jensen, O.E., Jones, G.W. & Prokop, A. (2018) Bull. Math. Biol. 80, 3002-3022.
Osborne, J.M., Walter, A., Kershaw, S., Mirams, G.R., Fletcher, A.G., Pathmanathan, P., Gavaghan, D., Jensen, O.E., Maini, P.K. & Byrne, H.M. (2010)
Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A 368, 5013-5028
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van Leeuwen, I.M.M., Mirams, G.R., Walter, A., Fletcher, A., Murray, P., Osborne, J., Varma, S., Cooper, J., Doyle, B., Pitt-Francis, J., Momtahan, L., Pathmanathan, P., Whiteley, J.P., Chapman, S.J., Gavaghan, D.J., Jensen, O.E., King, J.R., Maini, P.K., Waters, S.L. & Byrne, H.M. (2009)
Cell Prolif. 42, 617-636
van Leeuwen, I.M.M., Byrne, H.M., Jensen, O.E. & King, J.R. (2007)
J. Theor. Biol.
Clark, A., Chernyavsky, I.L. & Jensen, O.E. (2023)
Physics Today 76(4), 26
Doman, E., Zhou, Q., Schirrmann, K., Chen, Q., Seed, E., Johnstone, E.D., Selvaganapathy, P.R., Juel, A., Jensen, O.E., Bernabeu, M., Krüger, T. & Chernyavsky, I.L. (2021)
Curr. Opinion Biomed. Eng.
Jensen, O.E. & Chernyavsky, I.L. (2019)
Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 51, 25-47
Waters, S.L., Alastruey, J., Beard, D.A., Bovendeerd, P.H.M., Davies P.F., Jayaraman, G., Jensen, O.E., Lee, J., Parker, K.H., Popel, A.S., Secomb, T.W., Siebes, M., Sherwin, S.J., Shipley, R.J., Smith, N.P., van de Vosse, F.N. (2011)
Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 104, 49-76
O.E. Jensen (2001) Mec. Ind. 2, 283-287
Zhou, Q., Schirrmann, K., Doman, E. Chen, Q., Singh, N., Selvaganapathy, P.R., Bernabeu, M.O., Jensen, O.E., Juel, A., Chernyavsky, I.L. & Krüger, T. (2022)
J. Roy. Soc. Interface Focus (to appear)
Erlich, A., Nye, G.A., Brownbill, P., Jensen, O.E. & Chernyavsky, I.L. (2019)
Interface Focus 9, 20190021
Erlich, A., Pearce, P., Plitman-Mayo, R., Jensen, O.E. & Chernyavsky, I.L. (2019)
Sci. Adv. 5, eaav6326
Nye, G.A., Ingram, E., Johnstone, E.D., Jensen, O.E., Lewis, R.M., Chernyavsky, I.L. & Brownbill, P. (2018)
J. Physiol. 596, 5523-5534
Pearce, P., Brownbill, P., Janáček, J., Jirkovská, M., Kubínová, L., Chernyavsky, I.L. & Jensen, O.E. (2016)
PLOS One 11, e0165369
Chernyavsky, I.L., Leach, L., Dryden, I.L. & Jensen, O.E. (2011) Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A 369, 4162-4182
Chernyavsky, I.L., Jensen, O.E. & Leach, L. (2010) Placenta 31, 44-52
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Guerreiro-Lucas, L.A., Pop, S.R., Machado, M.J.C., Ma, Y.L., Waters, S.L., Richardson, G., Saetzler, K. Jensen, O.E. & Mitchell, C.A. (2008)
Microvasc. Res. 76, 161-168
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S.R. Pop, G. Richardson, S.L. Waters & O.E. Jensen (2007) Math. Med. Biol. 24, 379-400,
Reboux, S., Richardson, G. & Jensen, O.E. (2010) In Cell mechanics: from single scale-based models to multiscale modelling,"
ed. A. Chauviere, L. Preziosi & C. Verdier, Taylor & Francis
Reboux, S., Richardson, G. & Jensen, O.E. (2009) Eur. J. Appl. Math. 20, 479-518
S. Reboux, G. Richardson & O.E. Jensen (2008) Proc. R. Soc. A 464, 447-467
Preston, S.P., Jensen, O.E. & Richardson, G. (2008) Q. J. Mech. Appl. Math. 61, 1-24
Hodges, S.R., Jensen, O.E. & Rallison, J.M. (2004) J. Fluid Mech. 512, 95-131
Hodges, S.R., Jensen, O.E. & Rallison, J.M. (2004) J. Fluid Mech. 501, 279-301
Hodges, S.R. & Jensen, O.E. (2002) J. Fluid Mech. 460, 381-409
Gaver, D.P. III, Halpern, D. & Jensen, O.E. (2005) In `Lung surfactant and disorder,' Lung Biology in Health and Disease Vol: 201, Chapter 8, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton (ed. K. Nag.) [Book Cover]
J.B. Grotberg & O.E. Jensen (2004) Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 36, 121-147
Shemilt, J.D., Horsley, A., Wild, J.M., Jensen, O.E., Thompson, A.B., Whitfield, C.A. (2024)
Whitfield, C.A., Horsley, A., Jensen, O.E., Horn, F.C., Collier, G.J., Smith, L.J. \& Wild, J.M. (2022) Resp. Physiol. Neurobiol. 302, 103919
Whitfield, C.A., Latimer, P., Horsley, A., Collier, G.J., Wild, J.M. & Jensen, O.E. (2020) J Roy Soc Interface 20200253
Whitfield, C.A., Jensen, O.E. & Horsley, A. (2018) ERJ Open Research 4, 00132-2018
Whitfield, C.A., Horsley, A. & Jensen, O.E. (2018) PLOS One 13, e0208049
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Jensen, O.E. (2008) In Mechanics Down Under; Proc. XXII Int. Congr. Theor. Applied Mech., Adelaide, Australia, eds. J.P. Denier, M.D. Finn
J.B. Grotberg & O.E. Jensen (2004) Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 36, 121-147
Heil, M. & Jensen, O.E. (2003) In
Flow past highly compliant boundaries and in collapsible tubes. Eds. P.W. Carpenter and T.J. Pedley, pp. 15-49, Kluwer
Xu, F. & Jensen, O.E. (2015) Q. J. Mech. Appl. Math. 68, 299-319
Xu, F., Billingham, J. & Jensen, O.E. (2014) J. Fluid Mech. 746, 368-404
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Xu, F., Billingham, J. & Jensen, O.E. (2013) J. Fluid Mech. 723, 706-733
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Stewart, P.S., Heil, M., Waters, S.L. & Jensen, O.E. (2010) J. Fluid Mech. 662, 288-319
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Whittaker, R.J., Heil, M., Jensen, O.E. & Waters, S.L. (2010) Q. J. Mech. Appl. Math. 63, 465-496
[MR review]
Whittaker, R.J., Heil, M., Jensen, O.E. & Waters, S.L. (2010) Proc. Roy. Soc. A 466, 3635-3657
Stewart, P.S., Waters, S.L. & Jensen, O.E. (2010) Phys. Fluids 22, 031902
Stewart, P.S., Waters, S.L., Billingham, J. & Jensen, O.E. (2010)
In Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition
ed. P. Schlatter, D.S. Henningson, Springer
Whittaker, R.J., Waters, S.L., Jensen, O.E., Boyle, J. & Heil, M. (2010) J. Fluid Mech. 648, 83-121
Whittaker, R.J., Waters, S.L., Jensen, O.E., Boyle, J. & Heil, M. (2010) J. Fluid Mech. 648, 123-153
Stewart, P.S.,Waters, S.L. & Jensen, O.E. (2009) Eur. J. Mech. B 28, 541-557
Jensen, O.E. & Heil, M. (2003) J. Fluid Mech. 481, 235-268
Jensen, O.E. (1998) J. Biomech. Eng. 120, 544-547
Armitstead, J., Bertram, C.D. & Jensen, O.E. (1996) Bull. Math. Biol. 58, 611-641
Bertram, C.D., Sheppeard, M.D. & Jensen, O.E. (1994) J. Fluids Struct. 8, 637-660
Jensen, O.E. (1992) J. Biomech. Eng. 114, 55-59
Jensen, O.E. (1990) J. Fluid Mech. 220, 623-659,
Jensen, O.E. & Pedley, T.J. (1989) J. Fluid Mech. 206, 339-374
McNair, R., Temprano-Coleto, F., Peaudecerf, F.J., Gibou, F., Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., Jensen, O.E. & Landel, J. (2025) Phys. Rev. Lett. 134 034001
McNair, R, Jensen, O.E. & Landel, J. (2022) J. Fluid Mech. 986 A5
McNair, R, Jensen, O.E. & Landel, J. (2022) J. Fluid Mech. 930 A15
Jensen, O.E. & Naire, S. (2006) J. Fluid Mech. 554, 5-24
Williams, H.A.R. & Jensen, O.E. (2001) IMA J. Appl. Math. 66, 55-82
Williams, H.A.R. & Jensen, O.E. (2000)
J. Biomech. Eng. 122, 159-165
Halpern, D., Jensen, O.E. & Grotberg, J.B. (1998) J. Appl. Physiol. 85, 333-352
Jensen, O.E. & Halpern, D. (1998) J. Fluid Mech. 372 , 273-300
Jensen, O.E. (1998) J. Fluid Mech. 372, 301-322
Grotberg, J.B., Halpern, D. & Jensen, O.E. (1995) J. Appl. Physiol. 78, 750-756
Jensen, O.E. (1995) J. Fluid Mech. 293, 349-378
Jensen, O.E. (1994) Phys. Fluids 6, 1084-1094
Jensen, O.E., Halpern, D. & Grotberg, J.B. (1994) Chem. Eng. Sci. 49 , 1107-1117
Jensen, O.E. & Grotberg, J.B. (1993) Phys. Fluids A5 , 58-68
Jensen, O.E. & Grotberg, J.B. (1992) J. Fluid Mech. 240, 259-288
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