Pierre-Jean Arnoux

Pierre-Jean Arnoux initially studied applied mathematics and then solid mechanics and biomechanics. He performed his Ph.D. in mechanics jointly at INRETS and CNRS Marseille, Marseille, France, in 2000, where the title of his thesis was “Modelling of knee ligaments.” He joined the Mecalog Safety Business Unit (2000–2002) to work on biomechanics and biomedical applications with activities related to the design and validation of human and dummy model. He has been a Researcher at IFSTTAR (previously named INRETS) since 2002. He is currently the Deputy Director of the “Laboratoire de Biomécanique Appliquée” which is a joint research unit of IFSTTAR and Aix Marseille University. His main research activities are related to the design and validation of finite-element modeling of the human body; injury mechanisms and virtual trauma investigation through FE simulation and mechanical behavior of biological tissues coupling experimental and theoretical features.