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The following is a list of staff involved in the project

ULB

Background of Coordinator Serge Van Sint Jan: Serge Van Sint Jan obtained a Ph.D. in Physiotherapy, a B.S. degree in Computer Sciences and a degree in Biomechanics in 1997, 1993 and 1989, respectively. As Marie Curie Research Fellow he spent a two-year sabbatical at the Dept. for Computer and Information Sciences of De Montfort University (UK). He is currently Professor in Anatomy at the ULB Faculty of Medicine and at the ULB Faculty of Applied Sciences. He was involved in various European-funded projects. He coordinated the ICT4Rehab and RehabGoesHome projects which is detailed in this proposal, and co-authored about 100 hundred peer-reviewed publications, books and book chapters. A full list of publications and previously funded projects is available from //homepages.ulb.ac.be/~labo/staff_members.html.

Management skills of the coordinator 

  • Management of European-funded projects (as Project Manager, as Scientific Coordinator, as Partner);
  • Development of novel measurement and biomechanical methodologies and algorithms useful in the anthropological field (in collaboration with partner 2 and the User Group);
  • Integration of biomechanical tools in serious gaming scenario;
  • Code development related to above methods for integration in the final user tool by partner 3.

Serge has significant experience in the coordination of projects and has been the Project Coordinator for three projects, most recently the RehabGoesHome (Budget: 653,120.0 €) and ICT4Rehab (Budget: 1,544,755.0 €) (detailed in this project and below) and in the Vakhum project (1,100,000.0 €.) which ran from 2000 to 2002. He has also been the Scientific coordinator for 7 projects from 2000 – 2016 with budgets which ranged from 205,560.0 € to 7,999,366 €. Since 1989, he has contributed as a supervisor to 41 MSc (3 running) and 16 PhD (5 running) theses – including the thesis for Tara Chapman (Partner 2) on the reconstruction of the Neandertal skeleton. These theses are mainly organised at ULB (Faculty of Motor Sciences, Faculty of Polytechnics, Faculty of Medicine) but have also taken place abroad (De Montfort University; UK; Université Claude Bernard – Lyon 1, France).

His multidisciplinary background has also helped him to initiative novel research within the modelling and simulation field. He was involved in the development of the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) since its onset; in 2005, he presented in a chairman presentation (XXth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Cleveland, USA) and in an invited paper ((Paper 1 below) his vision concerning the multidisciplinary effort which should be organised to make biomechanical and simulation research more performant in term of societal and clinical impact. This vision eventually helped the fruition of the Virtual Physiological Human European roadmap (signed by 320 researchers worldwide) that guided further European Commission FP6 and FP7 VPH calls. Another example of his innovative leadership is related to his role as coordinator of several projects (ICT4Rehab & RehabGoesHome) funded by InnovIris (Brussels government) with 4 partners from two Brussels universities. The board of the investment committees of both universities (i.e., Theodorus and QBic) recently approved (May 2015) an investment of 450k euros to start a spin-off (called FeasyMotion) emerging from the projects. As project coordinator, he led the valorisation effort related to this spin-off creation including the negotiations with investors. These two examples coupled with his experience with the Neandertal skeleton and long standing collaborative partnership with RBINS demonstrate that he has both the visionary and leadership qualities to develop innovative ideas and to push these ideas forwards in the framework of this project.

His/her top 5 best publications that concern the subjects covered in the proposal (indicate clearly the publications accepted by international peer reviewed journals).

  1.  Van Sint Jan S. 2005. Introducing anatomical and physiological accuracy in computerized anthropometry for increasing the clinical usefulness of modelling systems. Critical Reviews of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 17(4):249-274.
  2.  Viceconti M, Clapworthy G, Van Sint Jan S. 2008. The Virtual Physiological Human — A European Initiative for in silico Human Modelling. J. Physiol. Sci. 58(7):441-446.
  3. Sholukha V, Bonnechere B, Salvia P, Moiseev F, Rooze M, Van Sint Jan S. 2013. Model-based approach for human kinematics reconstruction from markerless and marker-based motion analysis systems. J. Biomech 46(14):2363-2371.
  4. Chapman T, Moiseev F, Sholukha V, Louryan S, Rooze M, Semal P, Van Sint Jan, S. 2010. Virtual reconstruction of the Neandertal lower limbs with an estimation of hamstring muscle moment arms. C R Palevol 9 (6-7):445-454.
  5. Chapman T, Semal P, Moiseev F, Louryan S, Rooze M, Van Sint Jan S. 2013. Application du logiciel de modélisation musculo-squelettique lhpFusionBox à une problématique paléo-anthropologique. Spyrou le Néandertalien marche ! Med. Sci. (Paris) 29(6-7):623-629.

Background of Victor Sholukha

Victor Sholukha owns a Doctor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics of the University of Saint Petersburg (obtained in 1997). Before starting at LABO in 2000, since 1998 he had a position as Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Polytechnic University of Saint Petersburg. His main expertise includes the developments of computational methods based on optimization procedures and multiple regression algorithms. These methods are based on in-vitro and in-vivo data collected during the researches of the other LABO members to answer local and literature needs. His solutions address a variety of topics such as the estimation of joint centers, the optimization of motion data for model-based development, hardware solution development (including validation and calibration), etc. Most of the developed methods are then implemented in the in-house lhpFusionBox software to be used by non-technical users. Victor published more than fifty papers and several books. He is also an Elected Member of the International Baltic Academy of Education. Certificate of Correspondent, International Society of Biomechanics and the Russian Society of Biomechanics

His/her top 5 best publications that concern the subjects covered in the proposal (indicate clearly the publications accepted by international peer reviewed journals).

  1. Beyer B, Sholukha S, Dugailly P, Rooze M, Moiseev F, Feipel V, Van Sint Jan S. 2014. In vivo thorax 3D modelling from costovertebral joint complex kinematics, Clinical Biomechanics 29(4):434-438.
  2. Chapman T, Moiseev F, Sholukha V, et al. 2010. Virtual reconstruction of the Neandertal lower limbs with an estimation of hamstring muscle moment arms. C R Palevol. 9(6-7):445-454.
  3. Sholukha V, Chapman T, Salvia P, Moiseev F, Euran F, Rooze M. 2011. Femur shape prediction by multiple regression based on quadric surface fitting. J. Biomech. 44(4):712-718.
  4. Chapman T, Lefevre P, Semal P, Moiseev F, Sholukha V, Louryan S, Rooze M, Van Sint Jan S. 2014. Sex determination using the Probabilistic Sex Diagnosis (DSP: Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste) tool in a virtual environment. Forensic Sci. Int. 234:189 e181-188.
  5. Sholukha V, Van Sint Jan S, Snoeck O, Salvia P, Moiseev F, Rooze M. 2009. Prediction of joint center location by customizable multiple regressions: application to clavicle, scapula and humerus. J. Biomech. 42:319-324.

RBINS

Background of Partner Caroline Polet: Dr. Caroline Polet holds a PhD Biological Sciences from the Free University of Brussels (ULB). She is biological anthropologist at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and she is associate professor of Palaeoanthropology at Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the ULB. Caroline is also a member of many human biological scientific associations and is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Association for the Diffusion of the Archaeological Information (ADIA) and the General Secretary of the Royal Belgian Society of Anthropology. Her research concerns the biological anthropology of human remains from the prehistory (Mesolithic period) until the 20th century. Her research has mainly focused on the reconstruction of diet and health in ancient human populations. Caroline is a member of the International Federation of University and was a previous treasurer of this association (Brussels Branch of the group). She further presented 121 communications to national and international congresses and is the (co)author of 3 books, 21 book chapters and 72 papers (12 in international journals with Impact factors). She co-organized 5 international congresses. She (co)supervised 27 master students in biology and archaeology (ULB, UCL, UGent and Université de Bordeaux 1, Université de Nancy, University of Sheffield, Université de Versailles)/ She is presently member of the follow-up committee of 5 PhD theses (ULB, KUleuven, Université de Bourgogne and Université de Lille I) and the promoter of 1 postdoctoral fellowship. She was involved in the creation of 10 scientific exhibitions. She also acts as a punctual referee for international journals in the field of palaeoanthropology.

 

5 Best Publications concerning the proposal subject (all are from International peer reviewed journals)

  1. Susanne C. & Polet, C. (eds), 2005. Dictionnaire d’anthropobiologie. Bruxelles, De Boeck Université, 401 p.
  2. Polet C., Louryan S. & Werquin J.-P. 2004. A Mesolithic case of odontoma ? Archives of oral Biology 49 (6): 501-506
  3. Bocherens H., Polet C.& Toussaint M., 2007. Palaeodiet of Mesolithic and Neolithic populations of Meuse Basin (Belgium): Evidence from stable isotopes.Journal of Archaeological Science 34 (1): 10-27.
  4. Beauthier J.P., Lefevre P., Werquin J.P., Meunier M., Quatrehomme G., Polet C. & Orban R., 2010. Palatine Sutures as an Age Indicator: a Controlled Study in Elderly. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 55(1): 153-158.
  5. Polet, C. & Bocherens, H., 2016. New insights into the marine contribution to ancient Easter Islanders' diet. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 6: 709-719.

 

Background of key staff - Tara Chapman: Tara Chapman is the current recipient of an Action II Belspo Grant at RBINs (2012-2016) and is in the final stages of her doctorate on the Morphometric, functional and biomechanical analysis of a virtual Neandertal in comparison with anatomically modern humans undertaken at the Faculty of Medicine, ULB. She holds a Masters degree and a first class degree with honours in Biological Anthropology from the University of Kent, Canterbury. Her research interests are in Neandertals, fossil reconstruction, fossil hominid locomotion and the comparison of modern humans with Neandertals. She is responsible for the reconstruction of the virtual Spy II skeleton which has been printed in 3D and which is currently in different museums around the world, including RBINs and Espace de l’homme de Spy in Belgium. She is an experienced researcher and has previously worked in academic departments at the Department of Anthropology and the Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent, where she also worked as a sessional teacher in Anthropology. She was also the Scientific Communication Expert for the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Project ‘Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence’ between 2008 and 2012. In addition to the Action II grant received in 2012, she also received funding for her Masters thesis in the form of an Alumni Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2005), the Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust Scholarship (2006) and the Anthropology Departmental Scholarship at the University of Kent, UK (2006). In 2004 she also received the University of Kent, UK Faculty prize 2004 for outstanding excellence in examinations. She is a member of the following organisations: Société Royale Belge d’Anthropologie et de Préhistoire, Belgian Osteoarcheology and Physical Anthropology Society, European Society for the study of Human Evolution and the VPH Institute. 

 

5 Best Publications concerning the proposal subject (all are from International peer reviewed journals) 

  1. Chapman T, Moiseev F, Sholukha V, et al. 2010. Virtual reconstruction of the Neandertal lower limbs with an estimation of hamstring muscle moment arms. C R Palevol. 9(6-7):445-454.
  2. Chapman T, Semal P, Moiseev F, Louryan S, Rooze M, Van Sint Jan S. 2013. Application du logiciel de modélisation musculo-squelettique lhpFusionBox à une problématique paléo-anthropologique. Spyrou le Néandertalien marche ! Med. Sci. (Paris). 9(6-7):623-629.
  3. Hunter P, Chapman T, Coveney PV, et al. 2013. A vision and strategy for the virtual physiological human: 2012 update. Interface Focus;3(2).
  4. Chapman T, Lefevre P, Semal P, Moiseev F, Sholukha V, Louryan S, Rooze M, Van Sint Jan S. 2014. Sex determination using the Probabilistic Sex Diagnosis (DSP: Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste) tool in a virtual environment. Forensic Sci. Int. 234:189 e181-188.
  5. Chapman T, Sholukha V, Semal P, Louryan S, Rooze M, Van Sint Jan S. 2015. Femoral curvature variability in modern humans using three-dimensional quadric surface fitting. Surg. Radiol. Anat. 37(10):1169-1177.