Mathieu Pernot MSc, PhD

Mathieu Pernot (Member IEEE) received an engineering degree from ESPCI, Paris, France, in 2001, and a Ph.D. degree in physics from the Paris 7 University, in 2004. He is currently a Research Scientist with the French National Health Institute (INSERM), Paris, and a Permanent Member of the Wave Physics for Medicine and Biology Team, Institut Langevin, Paris, since 2007. He co-founded the French startups Cardiawave, Paris, in 2014, and Neuroflows, in 2016. He has authored/coauthored about 70 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has filed 17 patents in the field of ultrasound imaging and therapy. 

Mathieu's research interests include the development of ultrafast ultrasound imaging and therapeutic ultrasound with a special interest in cardiovascular applications. He, as a Principal Investigator, has raised over 3 million Euros from the European Research Council, the French National Research Agency, and the French Innovation Program in ultrasound imaging and therapy. Dr. Pernot received a prestigious award from the European Research Council (1.5 M euro ERC Starting Grant) in 2012, for his research on ultrafast imaging of the human heart and early diagnosis of heart failure.