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Tenure Track Assistant Professor
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Dominique Pioletti
web site: http://lbo.epfl.ch

office(s): AI1137
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 38341,30743
MISSION
The Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics (LBO) is dedicated to the advancement of techniques and technology for patient care in the musculo-skeletal system, through fundamental research, applied research, and teaching
BIOGRAPHY
Dominique Pioletti received his Master in Physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in 1992. He pursued his education in the same Institution and obtained his PhD in biomechanics in 1997. He developed original constitutive laws taking into account viscoelasticity in large deformations. Then he spent two years at UCSD as post-doc fellow acquiring know-how in cell and molecular biology. He was interested in particular to gene expression of bone cells in contact to orthopedic implant. Since April 2006, Dominique Pioletti is appointed Assistant Professor tenure-track at the EPFL and is director of the Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics.
 His research topics include biomechanics and tissue engineering of musculo-skeletal tissues; mechano-transduction in bone;
 development of orthopedic implant as drug delivery system
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MAIN PUBLICATIONS

A. Roshan Ghias, F. Lambers, M. Gholam-Rezaee, R. Müller, and D. Pioletti. In vivo loading increases mechanical properties of scaffold by affecting bone formation and bone resorption rates. Bone, 49:1357-1364, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

A. Roshan Ghias, A. Vogel, L. Rakotomanana, and D. P. Pioletti. Prediction of spatio-temporal bone formation in scaffold by diffusion equation. Biomaterials, 32:7006-7012, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

D. P. Pioletti. Biomechanics in bone tissue engineering. Computer Methods In Biomechanics And Biomedical Engineering, 13:837-846, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

V. A. Stadelmann, A. Terrier, O. Gauthier, J.-M. Bouler, and D. P. Pioletti. Prediction of bone density around orthopedic implants delivering bisphosphonate. J Biomechanics, 42:1206-1211, 2009. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

L. D. Blecha, L. Rakotomanana, F. Razafimahery, A. Terrier, and D. P. Pioletti. Targeted mechanical properties for optimal fluid motion inside artificial bone substitutes. Journal of Orthopedic Research, 27:1082-1089, 2009. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

B. Peter, O. Gauthier, S. Laib, B. Bujoli, J. Guicheux, P. Janvier, G. H. van Lenthe, R. Muller, P. Y. Zambelli, J. M. Bouler, and D. P. Pioletti. Local delivery of bisphosphonate from coated orthopedic implants increases implants mechanical stability in osteoporotic rats. J Biomed Mater Res A, 76(1):133-43, 2006. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

BIBLIOMETRICS
Skills
- Orthopedic Biomechanics
- Tissue Engineering
- Mechano-Biology
Teaching
Mechanical Engineering

Phd programs
Phd Students
Abdel-Sayed Philippe
Darwiche Salim Elias
Emami Naeini Sohrab
Engelhardt Christoph Anselm
Hollenstein Jérôme
Kettenberger Ulrike
Latypova Adeliya
Nassajian Moghadam Mohamadreza

Past Phd students:
Blecha Luc Thesis details
Gortchacow Miguel Thesis details
Montjovent Marc-Olivier Thesis details
Peter Bastian Thesis details
Quintin Aurélie Thesis details
Roshan Ghias Alireza Thesis details
Stadelmann Vincent Thesis details
Vogel Arne Thesis details


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