Jérôme Noailly began his PhD in 2002 at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He explored the mechanical communications within the lumbar spine through finite element modelling, and addressed model approximation and reliability issues. In 2009, this work received the best PhD thesis award in engineering from the UPC. From 2007 to 2011, Jérôme was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow, first at the AO Research Institute, and then at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC). During this time, he focused on soft tissue and multiphysics modeling, and in 2012 he became the head of IBEC’s group of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology until he eventually moved to the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) by early 2015.

• 1. Introduction to the lumbar spine biomechanics and mechanobiology2. Approximations in lumbar spine modelling3. Applying lumbar spine modelling to applied and basic research4. Conclusion

Jérôme Noailly began his PhD in 2002 at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He explored the mechanical communications within the lumbar spine through finite element modelling, and addressed model approximation and reliability issues. In 2009, this work received the best PhD thesis award in engineering from the UPC. From 2007 to 2011, Jérôme was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow, first at the AO Research Institute, and then at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC). During this time, he focused on soft tissue and multiphysics modeling, and in 2012 he became the head of IBEC’s group of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology until he eventually moved to the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) by early 2015.

• 1. Introduction to the lumbar spine biomechanics and mechanobiology2. Approximations in lumbar spine modelling3. Applying lumbar spine modelling to applied and basic research4. Conclusion

Jérôme Noailly began his PhD in 2002 at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He explored the mechanical communications within the lumbar spine through finite element modelling, and addressed model approximation and reliability issues. In 2009, this work received the best PhD thesis award in engineering from the UPC. From 2007 to 2011, Jérôme was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow, first at the AO Research Institute, and then at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC). During this time, he focused on soft tissue and multiphysics modeling, and in 2012 he became the head of IBEC’s group of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology until he eventually moved to the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) by early 2015.

• 1. Introduction to the lumbar spine biomechanics and mechanobiology2. Approximations in lumbar spine modelling3. Applying lumbar spine modelling to applied and basic research4. Conclusion