| EPUAP Role: | Deputy Recorder, Vice Chair Scientific Committee |
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| Address: | Tel Aviv University, The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel |
| Telephone: | +972 3 6408093 |
| Email Address: | gefen@eng.tau.ac.il |
| Web Site: | http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~gefen/ |
About Professor Gefen
Prof. Amit Gefen received the B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Tel Aviv University in 1994, 1997, and 2001, respectively. During 2002-2003 he was a postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of Tel Aviv University.
His research interests are in studying normal and pathological effects of biomechanical factors on the structure and function of cells, tissues and organs, with emphasis on the musculoskeletal system and applications in chronic wound research. On 2007-2008 he was a visiting scientist in Eindhoven University of Technology, where he developed tissue-engineered model systems to study pressure ulcers.
To date, Prof. Gefen published more than 90 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, many of which on chronic wounds, and he also edited two books. He is now editing a book series on Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials published by Springer, and serving at Editorial Boards of several international journals, the Journal of Biomechanics, Clinical Biomechanics, Medical Engineering & Physics, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and the Journal of Tissue Viability, to mention a few.
Prof. Gefen is currently also a member of the Executive Board of EPUAP.
Current Research Interests
Experimental and computational analysis of the mechanical behavior of hard and soft biological tissues. Role of the mechanical stress distribution within tissues in development of diseases. Analysis of the kinematic and dynamic behavior of musculoskeletal structures. Development of methodologies for computer planning, simulation and enhancement of medical treatments and surgical procedures.
