Bhavesh Patel, PhD

Associate Research Professor

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Patel completed his undergraduate studies in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering in his home country, France, before joining UC Berkeley in 2011 through the MS/PhD program in Mechanical Engineering. His doctoral thesis revolved around developing a computational software for characterizing and optimizing the electromagnetic and thermal properties of particle-reinforced composite materials.

Since joining CalMI2, he has translated this knowledge to the characterization and modeling of biological tissues and biomaterials. He has participated in the experimental characterization and mathematical modeling of various tissues including colon, rectum, aorta, coronary artery, and thoracic duct. 

He is currently the PI, co-PI, and co-I on several grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is leading the FAIR Data Innovations Hub (Biomedical Software Development) of Calmi2 where his team and him are developing various tools aimed at simplifying the process of curating and sharing Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) biomedical data.

Degree(s)

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (University of California Berkeley, 2015)

M.A. in Mathematics (University of California Berkeley, 2014)

M.Sc. In Mechanical Engineering (University of California Berkeley, 2013)

HOBBIES

Football (the real kind), Coding

Areas of interest

Data Science, FAIR Data Practices, Biomedical Software Development, Mathematical and Computational Modeling, Numerical Simulations of Biological Tissues