Dr. Aurélie Carlier

Dr. Aurélie Carlier is assistant professor at the MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine. She received her PhD degree (2014) in Biomedical Engineering at the KU Leuven, Belgium. Her research interests encompass the computational modelling of biological processes, with a particular focus on bone tissue engineering and cell-biomaterial interactions, using a range of data-driven to mechanistic modelling approaches. Her research achievements have been awarded with three doctoral thesis awards (ESMTB, 2015; ESB, 2015; KUL, 2016). She has also received a prestigious VENI career development grant (0.25 M€) from the Dutch Science Foundation. She is board member of the Dutch Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering as well as of the European Society of Biomechanics where she serves as chair of the student and education committee. Besides her research, she is co-founder and vice-chair of FEM (Female Empowerment Maastricht University), a network to discuss and tackle gender issues.