Dr Alastruey is a Senior Lecturer of Biomedical Engineering at King's College London. He graduated with an MSc in Civil Engineering (Structures, First Class) from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and obtained a PhD in Bioengineering from Imperial College London. His thesis focused on the development, validation and application of a nonlinear one-dimensional model of pulse wave propagation the arterial network. He then conducted postdoctoral research on computational flow modelling in the cardiovascular system at the Departments of Aeronautics and Bioengineering, Imperial College. In 2009 he was awarded a British Heart Foundation research fellowship; he started his fellowship research at Imperial before moving to King's College in 2011. He was promoted to Lecturer in 2013 and to Senior Lecturer in 2017.

Dr Alastruey's lab (www.haemod.uk) specialises in cardiovascular haemodynamics. They investigate methods to assess cardiovascular (CV) function based on the analysis of pulse wave signals, such as blood pressure, blood flow and PPG waves. These signals can be measured in vivo using a variety of devices (including wearable sensors) and are influenced by the heart, the vasculature, and the respiratory and autonomic nervous systems, making them a rich source of information. 

The lab develops novel models for simulating pulse wave signals under a variety of physiological and patho-physiological conditions, methods for calibrating these models and understanding physical mechanisms underlying their results, and signal processing techniques to support clinical decision making.

An important computational tool for the group's research activities is the in-house code Nektar1D, which Dr Alastruey started developing during his PhD. Nektar1D simulates blood pressure, blood flow and luminal area waves in a given network of compliant vessels using the nonlinear, one-dimensional (1D) formulation of blood flow in compliant vessels. Nektar1D has allowed us to show that fast and accurate calculation of pulse wave signals in large arteries is feasible on a standard PC.

Additional information on Dr Alastruey's research can be found here. Complete lists of his peer-reviewed journal papers with citations can be found in his Scopus, Google Scholar and Research Gate profiles.

Dr Alastruey's lab (www.haemod.uk) specialises in cardiovascular haemodynamics. They develop novel models for simulating pulse wave signals - such as blood pressure, blood flow and PPG waves - under a variety of physiological and patho-physiological conditions, methods for calibrating these models and understanding physical mechanisms underlying their results, as well as signal processing techniques to assess the functions of the cardiovascular, respiratory and autonomic nervous systems from pulse wave signals acquired by a variety of devices (including wearable sensors).

Additional information on Dr Alastruey's research can be found here. Complete lists of his peer-reviewed journal papers with citations can be found in his Scopus, Google Scholar and Research Gate profiles.