A.M.F. Carlier

Biography

Aurélie Carlier is associate professor at the MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University. 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, cell-biomaterial interactions and kidney pathophysiology, using a range of data-driven to mechanistic modelling approaches. Her research achievements have been awarded with a number of distinctions, including three doctoral thesis awards (ESMTB, 2015; ESB, 2015; KUL, 2016). She was also New Scientist Wetenschapstalent 2021 finalist. She received a prestigious VENI career development grant (2016) from the Dutch Science Foundation, Dutch Kidney Foundation Success Accelerator grant (2021) and an ERC STG (2024) to develop new methodologies for automated model construction. She is board member of the European Society of Biomechanics where she serves as Treasurer. Besides her research, Aurélie is co-founder of FEM (Female Empowerment Maastricht University), a network to discuss and tackle gender issues.

Research Statement

Aurélie Carlier’s research interests encompass the development and experimental validation of computational models of biological processes in the context of tissue regeneration and biomaterial interactions. In particular, she is interested in developing multiscale computational models where intracellular pathways are linked to the tissue scale via a cellular level. For the implementation of the models, she is applying a range of modelling techniques including hypothesis-based mechanistic models and data-driven gene network models.