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Cecile Legallais PhD Biomedical Engineereing

Course and current status

PRESENT POSITION

2018 - :         Head of Laboratory of Biomechanics and Bioengineering (joint lab Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)/CNRS

APPOINTMENTS                                                                                                                           

2006 - :         Directeur de recherche CNRS (CNRS Senior researcher). Laboratory of Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (FR)

2015 - 2018 : Associate Researcher (part time) Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP)

1996 - 1997 : Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Calabria (Italy) & Membrana GmbH (Germany)

1993 - 2006 : Chargé de recherche CNRS (CNRS Researcher). UTC Compiègne

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                                    

H.D.R.            1998 “Habilitation” to supervise Ph.D. Thesis. Université de Technologie de Compiègne (FR). Blood toxins removal by membrane processes.

Ph. D.              1993 Université de Technologie de Compiègne (FR). Specialty : Biomedical Eng.  LDL-cholesterol removal from human plasma based on cascade filtration.

MS/Eng. D      1990 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et Aérotechnique (Poitiers) – Engineer in Fluid Mechanics

Scientific summary

Biomechanics of Organ Supply systems 

Since 1994:   Hemodialysis and hemodiafiltration : Flow and mass transfer studies – Ethical issues. Green Dialysis (2017-)

Since 1995 :  Bioartificial liver at different scales. Encapsulation of hepatoctes in alginate beads. Design and characterization of fluidized bed bioreactor. Full extracorporeal circulation. PI of ANR TecSan SUPPLIVER (2011 -2015). WP Leader RHU Ilite (Innovations in Liver tissue Engineering) (2016-2022).  PI of ANR MimLiveronChip (Organ on Chip) (2019-2023)

Since 2006 : Bone and musculo-skeletal tissue engineering based on stretching bioreactors – Mechanical and biological characterization