Malte ROLF

Postdoctoral researcher

Institute of Applied Mechanics

FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Since March 2025, I have been a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Applied Mechanics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, working within Prof. Ellen Kuhl’s European Research Council Advanced Grant DISCOVER. I also continue to collaborate closely with the group of Prof. Gerhard A. Holzapfel at the Institute of Biomechanics at Graz University of Technology, Austria. This is where I completed my PhD in Biomedical Engineering with distinction in 2024, and I was fortunate to see my dissertation recognized with several national and international awards.

During my doctoral studies, I spent a year at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2016 and 2017 as a visiting researcher working with Prof. Panayiotis Papadopoulos, followed by a three-month research stay with Prof. Alison L. Marsden at Stanford University in 2022. Since then, I have remained connected to Stanford as a sponsored affiliate and currently return regularly for shorter visits to work with Prof. Ellen Kuhl.

research interests

Multiscale material modeling and model discovery for soft tissues
Modeling and simulation of diseased arteries, especially aortopathies
Growth and remodeling of arterial tissue and regenerative biomaterials
Verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification of in silico models
Uncertainty quantification with Bayesian inference

selected publications

Review

Mechanisms of aortic dissection: From pathological changes to experimental and in silico models

M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, R. Schussnig, T.-P. Fries, and 4 more authors

Progress in Materials Science, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{RolfPissarczyk2025a,
  title = {Mechanisms of aortic dissection: {F}rom pathological changes to experimental and <i>in silico</i> models},
  author = {Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Schussnig, R. and Fries, T.-P. and Fleischmann, D. and Elefteriades, J. A. and Humphrey, J. D. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {Progress in Materials Science},
  volume = {150},
  pages = {101363},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101363}
}

Original

A reparameterization-invariant Bayesian framework for uncertainty estimation and calibration of simple materials

M. P. Wollner, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, and G. A. Holzapfel

Computational Mechanics, 2026

DOI Bib

@article{Wollner2026a,
  title = {A reparameterization-invariant {B}ayesian framework for uncertainty estimation and calibration of simple materials},
  author = {Wollner, M. P. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {Computational Mechanics},
  volume = {77},
  pages = {243--273},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1007/s00466-024-02573-2}
}

Original

Assessment of aortic dissection remodeling with patient-specific fluid-structure interaction models

K. Bäumler, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, R. Schussnig, and 6 more authors

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{Baumler2025a,
  title = {Assessment of aortic dissection remodeling with patient-specific fluid-structure interaction models},
  author = {B{\"a}umler, K. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Schussnig, R. and Fries, T.-P. and Mistelbauer, G. and Pfaller, M. R. and Marsden, A. L. and Fleischmann, D. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering},
  volume = {72},
  pages = {953--964},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1109/TBME.2024.3480362},
}

Original

Stochastic modeling of inhomogeneities in the aortic wall and uncertainty quantification using a Bayesian encoder-decoder surrogate

S. Ranftl, M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, G. Wolkerstorfer, and 4 more authors

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2022

DOI Bib

@article{Ranftl2022a,
  title = {Stochastic modeling of inhomogeneities in the aortic wall and uncertainty quantification using a {B}ayesian encoder-decoder surrogate},
  author = {Ranftl, S. and Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Wolkerstorfer, G. and Pepe, A. and Egger, J. and von der Linden, W. and Holzapfel, G. A.},
  journal = {Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering},
  volume = {401},
  pages = {115594},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cma.2022.115594},
}

Original

A discrete approach for modeling degraded elastic fibers in aortic dissection

M. Rolf-Pissarczyk, K. Li, D. Fleischmann, and 1 more author

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2021

DOI Bib

@article{Rolfpissarczyk2021a,
  title = {A discrete approach for modeling degraded elastic fibers in aortic dissection},
  author = {Rolf-Pissarczyk, M. and Li, K. and Fleischmann, D. and Holzapfel, G.A.},
  journal = {Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering},
  volume = {373},
  pages = {113511},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cma.2020.113511}
}