Professor of Biomechanics, University of Sheffield
Marco Viceconti is full Professor of
Biomechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Sheffield and Professor Associate at the Department of
Human Metabolism. He is currently serving as Scientific Director of the
Insigneo Institute of in silico medicine, a joint initiative between the
University of Sheffield and the Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust. Before this he was the Technical Director of the
Medical Technology Lab at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Bologna,
Italy.
Prof. Viceconti has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the
University of Bologna and a PhD from the University of Firenze. He
started his research career under the guidance of Prof Alì Seireg, first
at the University of Florida-Gainesville, and then at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
His main research interests are related to the development and
validation of medical technology, especially that involving simulation,
and primarily in relation to neuromusculoskeletal diseases. He has
published over 200 papers, mostly indexed in Medline, and serves as
reviewer for many international funding agencies and peer-reviewed
journals.
Marco Viceconti is one of the key figures in the emerging Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) community. Co-author of the first white paper on VPH, scientific co-ordinator of the seminal VPH research roadmap, “VPH ambassador” for the VPH Network of Excellence, Co-ordinator of the VPHOP integrated project, he is also currently chairing the Board of Directors of the VPH Institute.