Piero Pavan

Piero G. Pavan obtained a Structural Engineering degree cum laude at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Padova, Italy, in 1995, with a thesis on computational methods for the numerical simulation of the mechanical behavior of elastomeric materials. He had a PhD degree in Structures Mechanics in 1998, discussing a thesis on computational methods for non-linear dynamics. From 1998 he works in the field of biomechanics, with particular regard to mechanics and constitutive modelling of biological tissues. He is currently Associate Professor of Industrial Bioengineering at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova. He is member and vice chief of the Centre of Mechanics of Biological Materials of the University of Padova. The present research activity is focused on biomechanical characterisation of fascial systems, mechanotransduction of muscle cells and foot biomechanics. He is author of more than seventy papers on scientific international journals, international books and extend abstracts of conferences.