Sebastien Callens
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Sebastien Callens is Assistant Professor in the Orthopaedic Biomechanics group of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. His research focuses on developing novel microtissue technologies for regenerative medicine and for answering fundamental questions in mechanobiology and tissue biomechanics. A central theme is to understand how mechanics and geometry regulate growth and spatiotemporal organisation in soft joint tissues, and how this controls the properties of such tissues in health and disease. To do this, Sebastien integrates computational design, biomechanics, microfabricated materials, advanced tissue engineering techniques, and quantitative microscopy across multiple length scales. Sebastien is currently the chair of the EU Student and Young Investigator Section of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS).
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Sebastien Callens studied Aerospace Structures and Materials at Delft University of Technology, and obtained a PhD (cum laude) in Biomaterials and Tissue Biomechanics from the same university in 2021. His PhD centred around the design, development, and evaluation of complex porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, and was performed in the group of Prof. Amir Zadpoor. During his PhD, he was a visiting researcher in the Laboratory for Bone Biomechanics of Prof. Ralph M眉ller at ETH Zurich, supported by an IDEA League Exchange Grant. Afterwards, Sebastien joined the team of Prof. Molly Stevens at Imperial College London (and later at the University of Oxford), to work on cell-material interfaces for tissue engineering applications. For his postdoctoral research, he received a Rubicon Fellowship from NWO and a Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellowship from the EU. He also spent some months as a visiting researcher in the Biological Soft Matter group of Prof. Gijsje Koenderink at TU Delft. In September 2024, he joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering as Assistant Professor.
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