DrSelene Pirola

Research Interests
My research focuses on the study of the cardiovascular system using advanced numerical and computational methods, such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Current and past research topics include image-based computational analysis of cardiovascular fluid mechanics, cardiovascular image processing, performance assessment of different medical devices and predictive modelling of thrombosis.

Projects
2018 - Present
"Debunking the aortic myth: can fluid and material biomechanics predict thoracic aortic wall degradation?"

2015 - 2018
"Patient-specific Assessment of Hemodynamic Performance of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)"

BIOGRAPHY
Date
Role
September 2018 - Present

Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering Department
Imperial College London, UK

September 2015 - 2019
PhD student in Chemical Engineering
Imperial College London, UK

September 2015 - August 2018
Early Stage Researcher
Horizon 2020 Framework
MSCA-ITN-ETN
Chemical Engineering Department
Imperial College London, UK

2012 - 2015
MSc in Biomedical Engineering
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

2009 - 2012
BSc in Biomedical Engineering
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Conferences
World Congress of Biomechanics, 8th-12th July 2018, Dublin (Ireland):

Pirola S*, Sturla F, Lucherini F, Vismara R, Jaworek M, Saitta S, DeMarco F, Pluchinotta F, Lombardi M, Piatti F, Fiore GB, Redaelli A, Votta E, Xu XY. Quantification of the Aortic Hemodynamicsafter Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Combining 3d-Printing, 4d PC-MRI and Computational Fluid Dynamics. Poster Presentation.
Saitta S, Pirola S*, Piatti F, Votta E, Pluchinotta F, Xu XY, Redaelli A. 4D-Flow MRI based non-invasive hemodynamic assessment and diagnosis in aortic coarctations. Poster Presentation.
Manchester E*, Pirola S, Tian ZF, Jarral AO, Athanasiou T, Xu XY. Numerical analysis of transitional and turbulent flow features in a patientspecific aorta with severe aortic stenosis. Poster Presentation.
Pirola S*, Jarral, OA, O’Regan DP, Athanasiou T, Xu XY. Influence of Inlet Boundary Conditions on the Evaluation of Aortic Wall Shear Stress for Patients with Abnormal Aortic Valves. Summer Biomechanics Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference 2017, 21st – 24th June 2017 Tucson (AZ, USA). Oral presentation.

Pirola S*, Xu XY. 4D Flow MR image analysis. Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai (China), April 2017. Invited Presentation and Workshop.

Pirola S*, Xu XY. Influence of outlet boundary conditions on patient-specific analysis of aortic flow and wall shear stress: comparison with in-vivo data and between different conditions. Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Diseases, 4th – 5th April 2017 Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Poster presentation.

Pirola S*, Cheng Z, Jarral OA, O’Regan DP, Athanasiou T, Xu XY. Aortic Flow Hemodynamics after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Comparison with a Healthy Subject. Virtual Physiological Human 2016, 26th-28th September 2016 Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Oral presentation and poster presentation.