Dr Claudio Vergari is a researcher at the “Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak” in the Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology. Claudio VERGARI graduated in medical engineering at Università Tor Vergata, in Rome, Italy, and pursued his career in research with a PhD on tendon biomechanics and ultrasound at the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, in France. He did several postdoctoral experiences in France and UK, on topics ranging from scoliosis clinical analysis to the multiscale mechanical characterization of the intervertebral disc. He is mainly interested in clinical biomechanical research, and in particular on spinal biomechanics and spine pathologies. He is currently the co-head of the team « Modélisation neuro-musculo-squelettique, innovation clinique et chirurgicale » at the Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak