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2023/11/29 | People | Biomechanics

PhD thesis defense Malavika Nambiar

The ARTORG Center congratulates Malavika Nambiar for her successful PhD thesis defense on 23 November 2023! Malavika has studied the “Material Characterization of the Cornea” to pave the way “Towards Personalized Refractive Interventions” at the Computational Bioengineering Lab. For this work, she used both experimental and numerical approaches to unravel the mechanical complexities and morphological nuances of corneal tissue and thus inform future surgical techniques.

Development of a simulation platform for refractive interventions, incorporating depth-dependent insights from experimental and numerical characterization of the human cornea. (© Malavika Nambiar)

Publications:

Depth-Dependent Mechanical Properties of the Human Cornea by Uniaxial Extension. J. Experimental Eye Research, December 2023.
Patient-specific finite element analysis of human corneal lenticules: An experimental and numerical study. J. Mechanical Beh. Biomed. Materials, November 2023.
Orientation and depth dependent mechanical properties of the porcine cornea: Experiments and parameter identification, J. Experimental Eye Research, November 2022.
Biomechanical Characterization of Human Corneal Lenticules, BMT 2022.
Patient-specific simulation of refractive surgery: Biomechanics and modeling of CLEAR human lenticules, IOVS 2022.

Computational Bioengineering