Andrew Comerford

Biography

Andrew Comerford obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ in 2007. During his PhD he investigated numerical models of nucleotide transport in arteries and their potential involvement in the initiation of atherosclerosis. In 2007 he obtained a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany. The research involved finite element modelling of airflow in the human lung for the development of a 'virtual lung' model; such models can be used in the improvement of mechanical ventilation strategies. In 2011 he was awarded a Marie Curie Career Integration Fellowship and started his present position in the Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London. For this fellowship he is combining benchtop experiments with novel numerical methods to understand protein and water transport in the porous arterial wall. These transport mechanisms are important for the initiation of atherosclerosis (e.g. protein trapping) as well as drug delivery.

Research Interest

atherosclerosis