Natal van Riel is Professor of Biomedical Systems Biology at the department of Biomedical Engineering (research group Computational Biology), where he leads the Systems Biology and Metabolic Diseases research program. He is also part-time Professor of Computational Modelling at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Medicine (Amsterdam University Medical Centers, AMC). His research focuses on modelling of metabolic networks and physiology, learning algorithms to develop personalized models, methods for analysis of dynamic models, and applications in Metabolic Syndrome and associated diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes.