Eleuterio Toro is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Trento, Italy, and formerly a full Professor (Professore Chiara Fama) of Numerical Analysis at the Laboratory of Applied Mathematics, in the same university.
He holds an Honours BSc in pure mathematics (University of Warwick, UK, 1977), an MSc in functional analysis and differential equations (University of Dundee, UK, 1978) and a PhD in computational mathematics (Teesside University, UK 1982). Previously held academic appointments include several institutions, such as the University of Leeds (UK), Cranfield University (UK), Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) and Cambridge University (UK).
Professor Toro has received several honours and distinctions, which include the honorary title OBE from Queen Elizabeth II (UK, 2000); Life Fellow, Claire Hall, University of Cambridge (UK, 2003); Fellow of the Indian Society for Shock Wave Research (Bangalore, 2005); Doctor Honoris Causa (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2008); William Penney Fellow, University of Cambridge (UK, 2010); Doctor Honoris Causa (Universidad de la Frontera, Chile, 2012) and Honorary Professor, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia.
Professor Toro’s research has for many years focused on the design of computational methods for solving partial differential equations, with particular emphasis on hyperbolic balance laws and applications to industrial, aerospace, and environmental problems. Contribution highlights include: WAF (1989), HLLC (1992), FORCE (1996), ADER (2001), MUSTA (2004), TV flux splitting (2012).
For the last ten years Professor Toro’s research has been focused on the mathematical modelling of the fluid physiology of neurological diseases, with particular attention the role of anatomical malformations in disturbing the dynamical interaction of fluid compartments in the central nervous system. The approach taken is holistic, including all major fluid compartments (arterial blood, venous blood, microvasculature, interstitial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, the brain parenchyma) in the entire human body.
In the last decade or so Prof Toro has been an invited keynote speaker in more than 100 international scientific events. He has held many visiting appointments round the world, which include several European countries, Japan, China and USA. He is author of more than 300 research works, including books, articles and technical reports, with more than 26000 citations on GoogleScholar (https://www.eleuteriotoro.com).