Professor Paul Watton

BSc, MSc, PhD

School of Computer Science

Professor of Computational & Theoretical Modelling

Head of the Complex Systems Modelling research group

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Professor Paul Watton
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
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Paul Watton has a first degree in Pure & Applied Mathematics from the University of Newcastle, an MSc in Mathematical Logic and the Foundations of Computer Science from the University of Manchester, and a PHD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Leeds. Following his PhD he had postdoctoral positions at the University of Glasgow (2003-2006) and the University of Oxford (2006-2013).

The main focus of his research is developing theoretical/computational models for the biomechanics and mechanobiology of soft biological tissues with application to homeostasis, ageing and disease.

Paul was appointed as Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science in 2013, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2017 and Professor of Computational and Theoretical Modelling in 2024. He also holds an adjunct professorship with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh.

Research interests

Mathematical and computational biomechanics and mechanobiology; constitutive modelling of soft biological tissues; theoretical and computational analyses of growth and remodeling; cardiovascular mechanics; arterial mechanics; biofluid mechanics; continuum mechanics; vascular mechanobiology; aneurysms; bladder biomechanics and mechanobiology.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Azari F, Robertson AM, Tobe Y, Watton PN, Birder LA, Yoshimura N, Matsuoka K, Hardin C & Watkins S (2025) . Scientific Reports, 15(1).
  • Rahman MM, Watton PN, Neu CP & Pierce DM (2025) . Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 270.
  • Takaoka E, Kurobe M, Matsuoka K, Kamijo T, Kimura S, Watton PN, Robertson AM & Yoshimura N (2025) . Neurourology and Urodynamics, 44(6), 1370-1377.
  • Rahman MM, Watton PN, Neu CP & Pierce DM (2023) . Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 231.
  • Cheng F, Watton P, Pederzani G, Kurobe M, Takaoka E-I, Chapple C, Birder L, Yoshimura N & Robertson A (2022) . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 134.
  • Krishna CV, Suja VC, Watton P, Arakeri JA & Gundiah N (2020) . Journal of Biomechanics, 104.
  • Bhogal P, Pederzani G, Grytsan A, Loh Y, Brouwer PA, Andersson T, Gundiah N, Robertson AM, Watton PN & Söderman M (2019) . Clinical Neuroradiology, 29(4), 763-774.
  • Xu H, Mei Y, Han X, Wei J, Watton PN, Jia W, Li A, Chen D & Xiong J (2019) . International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 35(6).
  • Bevan T, Hornsby J, Merabet N, Thompson M & Watton P (2018) . Journal of Biomechanics, 74, 192-196.
  • Cheng F, Birder L, Kullman FA, Hornsby J, Watton P, Watkins SC, Thompson M & Robertson AM (2018) . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 17(2), 403-417.
  • Hornsby J, Daly D, Grundy D, Cheng F, Robertson AM, Watton P & Thompson M (2017) . Acta Biomaterialia, 64, 59-66.
  • Xu H, Li Z, Dong H, Zhang Y, Wei J, Watton P, Guo W, Chen D & Xiong J (2017) . Medical Engineering & Physics, 50, 12-21.
  • Grytsan A, Eriksson TSE, Watton P & Gasser TC (2017) . Materials, 10(9).
  • Aparício P, Thompson MS & Watton PN (2016) . Journal of Biomechanics, 49(12), 2321-2330.
  • Poelma C, Watton PN & Ventikos Y (2015) . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 12(105).
  • Grytsan A, Watton PN & Holzapfel GA (2015) . Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 137(3).
  • Eriksson TSE, Watton P, Luo XY & Ventikos Y (2014) . Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 73, 134-150.
  • Aparício P, Mandaltsi A, Boamah J, Chen H, Selimovic A, Bratby M, Uberoi R, Ventikos Y & Watton PN (2014) . Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng, 30(5), 563-586.
  • Selimovic A, Ventikos Y & Watton PN (2014) . Procedia IUTAM, 10, 396-409.
  • Chen H, Selimovic A, Thompson H, Chiarini A, Penrose J, Ventikos Y & Watton PN (2013) . Ann Biomed Eng, 41(7), 1492-1504.
  • Schmid H, Grytsan A, Poshtan E, Watton PN & Itskov M (2013) . Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 16(1), 33-53.
  • Robertson AM & Watton PN (2012) . American journal of neuroradiology, 33, 992-995.
  • Luo XY, Griffith BE, Ma XS, Yin M, Wang TJ, Liang CL, Watton PN & Bernacca GM (2012) . Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 11(6), 815-827.
  • Watton PN, Horner M, Penrose J, Thompson H, Chen H, Selimovic A & Ventikos Y (2011) . ASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference Sbc 2011(PARTS A AND B), 691-692.
  • Halliday I, Atherton M, Care CM, Collins MW, Evans D, Evans PC, Hose DR, Khir AW, König CS, Krams R , Lawford PV et al (2011) . Medical Engineering and Physics, 33(7), 840-848.
  • Ho H, Suresh V, Kang W, Cooling MT, Watton PN & Hunter PJ (2011) . IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 58(10 PART 2), 2974-2977.
  • Halliday I, Atherton M, Care CM, Collins MW, Evans D, Evans PC, Hose DR, Khir AW, König CS, Krams R , Lawford PV et al (2011) . Med Eng Phys, 33(7), 840-848.
  • Watton PN, Selimovic A, Raberger NB, Huang P, Holzapfel GA & Ventikos Y (2011) . Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology, 10, 109-32.
  • Bowker TJ, Watton PN, Summers PE, Byrne JV & Ventikos Y (2010) . AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 31(2), 317-323.
  • Schmid H, Watton PN, Maurer MM, Wimmer J, Winkler P, Wang YK, Roehrle O & Itskov M (2010) . BIOMECHANICS AND MODELING IN MECHANOBIOLOGY, 9(3), 295-315.
  • Yin M, Luo XY, Wang TJ & Watton PN (2010) . International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 26(3-4), 381-404.
  • Ventikos Y, Holland EC, Bowker TJ, Watton PN, Kakalis NMP, Megahed M, Zhu F, Summers PE & Byrne JV (2009) . Br J Radiol, 82 Spec No 1, S62-S71.
  • Watton PN, Ventikos Y & Holzapfel GA (2009) . Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference 2009 Sbc2009(PART A), 161-162.
  • Schmid H, Watton P, Röhrle O, Wang Y & Itskov M (2009) . PAMM, 9(1), 71-74.
  • Ventikos Y, Bowker TJ, Watton PN, Kakalis NMP & Byrne JV (2009) . International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 23(8), 595-607.
  • Watton P & Ventikos Y (2009) . Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 44(5), 375-389.
  • Watton PN, Ventikos Y & Holzapfel GA (2009) . J Biomech, 42(9), 1320-1325.
  • Watton PN, Ventikos Y & Holzapfel GA (2009) . Math Med Biol, 26(2), 133-164.
  • Watton PN, Raberger NB, Holzapfel GA & Ventikos Y (2009) . Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 131, 101003-101003.
  • Watton PN & Hill NA (2009) . Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 8(1), 25-42.
  • Schmid H, Watton P, McCormick M, Lanir Y, Ho H, Lloyd C, Hunter P, Ehret A & Itskov M (2008) . Ifmbe Proceedings, 22, 1894-1898.
  • Lawford PV, Ventikos Y, Khir AW, Atherton M, Evans D, Hose DR, Care CM, Watton PN, Halliday I, Walker DC , Hollis AP et al (2008) . Biomed Pharmacother, 62(8), 530-535.
  • Raberger N, Ventikos Y & Watton P (2008) . Journal of Biomechanics, 41, S329-S329.
  • Watton P, Raeberger N & Ventikos Y (2008) . Journal of Biomechanics, 41, S298-S298.
  • Watton PN, Luo XY, Yin M, Bernacca GM & Wheatley DJ (2008) . Journal of Fluids and Structures, 24(1), 58-74.
  • Watton P (2008) . SPIE ¾Ã²Ý¸£Àûroom.
  • Watton PN, Luo XY, Wang X, Bernacca GM, Molloy P & Wheatley DJ (2007) . J Biomech, 40(3), 613-626.
  • Watton PN, Luo XY, Yin M, Bernacca GM, Molloy P & Wheatley DJ (2006) Effects of ventricle motion on chorded mitral prosthesis. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Publication PVP, 9, 531-536.
  • Watton PN, Luo XY, Yin M, Bernacca GM, Molloy P & Wheatley DJ (2006) . American Society of Mechanical Engineers Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Publication PVP, 2006.
  • Watton PN, Hill NA & Dodds S (2005) Mechanical behaviour of a mathematical model of an abdominal aortic aneurysm subject to a prorogating pulse wave. Proceedings of the 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2005, 63-64.
  • Watton PN, Luo XY, Wang X, Bernacca GM, Molloy P & Wheatley DJ (2005) Dynamic behaviour of aortic and chorded mitral prostheses. Proceedings of the 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2005, 579-580.
  • Watton PN, Luo XY, Singleton R, Wang X, Bernacca GM, Molloy P & Wheatley DJ (2004) Modelling chorded prosthetic mitral valves using the Immersed Boundary method. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Proceedings, 26 V, 3745-3748.
  • Watton PN, Hill NA & Heil M (2004) . Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 3(2), 98-113.
  • PARIS JB, WATTON PN & WILMERS GM (2000) . International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, 08(03), 311-329.
  • Hoang H, Ha H, Nguyen H, Watton P & Ngo L () . Biomedical Engineering Letters.
  • Matsuoka K, Kimura S, Kamijo T, Armstrong L, Ramezanpour M, McMahon B, Daugherty SL, Robertson AM, Watton PN, Kim K , Kojima Y et al () . International Urology and Nephrology.

Book chapters

  • Robertson AM & Watton PN (2013) , Transport in Biological Media (pp. 275-347). Elsevier
  • Watton P & Robertson AM (2013) In Becker S & Kuznetsov A (Ed.), Transport in Biological Media (pp. 275-347). Elsevier Science Limited
  • Watton PN, Selimovic A, Chen H, Thompson H & Ventikos Y (2013) In Holzapfel G & Kuhl E (Ed.), Computer Models in Biomechanics: From Nano to Macro (pp. 161-173). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
  • Watton PN, Huang H & Ventikos Y (2012) Multi-scale Modelling of Vascular Disease: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Evolution In Geris L (Ed.), Computational Modeling in Tissue Engineering Heidelberg: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Watton P (2012) Intracranial Aneurysms: Modelling Inception and Enlargement In Holzapfel G & Kuhl E (Ed.), Computer Models in Biomechanics (pp. 161-173). Springer
  • Holland EC, Watton PN & Ventikos Y (2011) , Comprehensive Biotechnology (pp. 18-31). Elsevier
  • Holland EC, Watton PN & Ventikos Y (2011) , Comprehensive Biotechnology Second Edition (pp. 203-216).
  • Holland EC, Watton PN & Ventikos Y (2011) , Comprehensive Biotechnology (pp. 203-216). Elsevier
  • Watton PN, Ventikos Y & Holzapfel GA (2011) , Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials (pp. 373-399). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Watton PN, Ventikos Y & Holzapfel GA (2011) In McGloughlin T (Ed.), Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Aneurysms (pp. 307-322). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
  • Luo XY, Yin M, Watton P & Wang J (2007) , Computational Mechanics (pp. 311-311). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Conference proceedings

  • Watton P, Robertson AM, Yoshimura N, Cheng F, Chapple C, Kurobe M & Takaoka E-I (2022) A mechanobiological model of the urinary bladder: modelling the adaptive response to outlet obstruction. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Biomechanics. Taipei, Taiwan, 10 July 2022 - 10 July 2022.
  • Rahman M, Watton P, Ost TSE, Neu C & Pierce DM (2022) A chemo-mechano-biological model of evolving Osteoarthritis. Conference Proceedings 2022 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (pp 352-353). Eastern Shore, Maryland, USA, 20 June 2022 - 20 June 2022.
  • Watton P, Teixiera F, Neufeld E & Kuster N (2020) Framework for Realistic Mechanobiological Modelling of Personalised Aneurysm Disease Evolution. VPH2020 24-28 AUGUST BOOK OF ABSTRACTS VPH Institute Building the Virtual Physiological Human (pp 136-137)
  • Cheng F, Watton P, Birder L, Yoshimura N & Robertson AM (2019) Modeling the Multi-stage Remodeling during Bladder Outlet Obstruction. Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Computer Methods on Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE2019)
  • Pederzani G, Grytsan A, Bhogal P, Robertson A & Watton P (2019) Application of theories of arterial growth, remodelling and damage to understand cerebral vasospasm and its response to treatment. Proceeding of the Fourth Soft Tissue Modelling Workshop (pp 40-40). Glasgow, UK, 5 June 2019 - 5 June 2019.
  • Teixeira F, Neufeld E, Hirsch S, Kuster N & Watton P (2019) Modelling intracranial aneurysm stability/enlargement: a patient-specific mechanobiological framework. Proceedings of 6th International Conference of Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 718-721). Sendai City, Japan, 10 June 2019 - 10 June 2019.
  • Cheng F, Birder L, Watton P & Robertson A (2019) Modeling adaptive remodeling of the bladder wall during aging. Proceedings of the 2019 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (pp 415-416). Seven Springs, PA, USA, 25 June 2019 - 25 June 2019.
  • Robertson A, Cheng F, Watton P, Birder L, Thompson M & Kullmann F (2018) A data driven micro-structural model for the bladder wall in health and disease. Proceedings of the World Congress of Biomechanics 2018. Dublin, Ireland, 8 July 2018 - 8 July 2018.
  • Bevan T, Marabet N, Hornsby J, Watton P & Thompson M (2018) A biomechanical model for fibril recruitment: evaluation in tendons and arteries. Proceedings of the World Congress of Biomechanics 2018. Dublin, Ireland, 8 July 2018 - 8 July 2018.
  • Dandapani S, Gundiah N, Luo XY & Watton P (2017) A constrained mixture model of the left ventricle and its application to simulating myocardial infarction. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 1273-1276). Pittsburgh, United States, 10 April 2017 - 10 April 2017.
  • Mei Y, Chan I, Chen D & Watton P (2017) A novel Fluid-Solid-Growth-Transport (FSGT) framework for modelling the evolution of intracranial aneurysm disease. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 1271-1272). Pittsburgh, United States, 10 April 2017 - 10 April 2017.
  • Aparicio P & Watton P (2017) Modelling the chemo-mechano-biology of intracranial aneurysm evolution: a patient-specific fluid-solid-growth simulation. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 251-254). Pittsburgh, United States, 10 April 2017 - 10 April 2017.
  • Grytsan A, Watton P & Gasser TC (2017) Isotropic versus anisotropic growth description for abdominal aortic aneurysm evolution. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 127-130). Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 10 April 2017 - 10 April 2017.
  • Cheng F, Robertson AM, Birder L, Kullmann F, Hornsby J, Watton P & Watkins S (2017) An experimental approach for understanding the layer dependent role of collagen recruitment during loading in the rat bladder wall. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 396-399). Pittsburgh, United States, 10 April 2017 - 10 April 2017.
  • Watton P, Gundiah N, Kulkarni AH, Jaddivada S, Sayani R & Kondaiah P (2016) Regulation of scellular contractility by TGFβ and dynamic stretch in fibroblasts. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering
  • Watton P, Thompson M, Hornsby J & Bevan T (2016) Fibril Recruitment in Collagenous Tissue. Proceedings of the 22nd Congress of European Society of Biomechanics
  • Watton P, Hornsby J, Cheng F, Kullmann A, Afaq H, Robertson A, Birder L & Thompson M (2016) Developing a mechanobiological model of the murine bladder: in vivo, in vitro and in silico modelling. Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
  • Watton P, Aparicio P, Gundiah N & Thompson M (2016) Modelling the chemo-mechano-biology of arterial growth and remodelling: a 3-dimensional Fluid-Solid-Growth Simulation. Proceedings of the European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
  • Watton P, Gondwe C & Li X (2016) skeletal muscle mechanics: modelling the interaction between the microstructure and the environmental mechanical envelope. Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
  • Watton P, Mandaltsi A, Wong W, Mei Y, Robertson A & Gundiah N (2016) Modelling the mechanobiological evolution of intracranial aneurysms: an integrative in vivo, in vitro and in silico approach. Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
  • Watton P, Aparicio P & Thompson M (2016) Vascular cells as dynamic integrators—actuators: A multiscale theoretical framework applied to fibroblast differentiation in aneurysm development. Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease
  • Watton P, Hornsby J, Thompson M, Robertson AM & Birder L (2015) Multiphoton Imaging and Mechanobiological Modelling of the Urinary Bladder. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues
  • Watton P & Aparicio P (2015) A Chemo-Mechano-Biological Model of Arterial Tissue Growth and Remodeling: Signaling Pathways governing Myofibroblast Persistence underlying Vascular Pathology. Proceedings of Vasculata 2015
  • Watton P, Aparicio P & Thompson M (2015) A Chemo-Mechano-Biological Model of Arterial Tissue Growth and Remodeling: Signaling Pathways governing Myofibroblast Persistence underlying Vascular Pathology. Proceedings of the 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics
  • Watton P, Aparicio P, Mandaltsi M & Thompson M (2014) Investigating the role of cell-signalling on intracranial aneurysm evolution: A novel chemo-mechanobiological mathematical model. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics
  • Watton P, Grytsan A, Eriksson T & Gasser TC (2014) Fluid-Solid-volumetric Growth Framework of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Evolution. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics
  • Watton P, Mandaltsi A, Chen H, Aparicio P, Hornsby J, Dickinson E, Eriksson T & Ventikos Y (2014) Modelling the mechanobiology of cerebral aneurysm evolution. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics
  • Watton P, Hornsby J, Chen H & Thompson M (2014) A novel mathematical model for the microstructural adaption of collagen fabric during aneurysm evolution. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics
  • Watton P, Chen H, MacDonald A & Luo XY (2013) A Novel Mathematical Model for the Microstructural Adaption of the Collagen Fabric during Aneurysm Evolution. Proceedings of the XXIV Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics
  • Watton P, Aparicio P & Thompson M (2013) A computational model of arterial wall degeneration: Coupling signalling pathways to vascular mechanobiology. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 119-122)
  • Watton P, Eriksson T, Luo Y & Ventikos Y (2013) Volumetric growth and remodelling of a fibre composite. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 123-126)
  • Watton P, Dickinson E & Mandaltsi A (2013) A novel chemo-mechano-biological mathematical model of intracranial aneurysm evolution. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 111-114)
  • Watton P, Chen H & Robertson AM (2013) A novel mathematical model for the microstructural adaptation of the collagen fabric during aneurysm evolution. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (pp 115-118)
  • Watton P, Aparicio P, Mandaltsi A, Boamah J & Ventikos Y (2013) Modelling the Influence of Endothelial Cell Heterogeneity on Abdominal Aneurysm Evolution: a Patient-specific Simulation using a novel Fluid-Solid-Growth (FSG) Framework.. Proceedings of the XXIV Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics
  • Watton P, Selimovic A, Chen H, Thompson H & Ventikos Y (2011) Patient-Specific Modelling of Cerebral Aneurysm Evolution. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biomedical Engineering (pp 43-46)
  • Selimovic A, Penrose J, Bogunovic H, Villa-Uriol MC, Holzapfel GA, Ventikos Y & Watton PN (2010) . Ifmbe Proceedings, Vol. 31 IFMBE (pp 759-762)
  • Watton P, Villa-Uriol M, Selimovic A, Penrose J, Bogunovic H, Holzapfel GA & Ventikos Y (2010) A computational framework to explore the role of pulsatile haemodynamics on cerebral aneurysm development for patient-specific arterial geometries. Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2010). (pp 759-762)
  • Watton PN, Frangi A & Ventikos Y (2009) AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE HEALTHCARE: IT FOR CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS. 2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: FROM NANO TO MACRO, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 378-381)
  • Watton P, Hill NA & Dodds S (2003) Modelling the Growth and Stress in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Proceedings of Summer Bioeingeering Conference
  • Watton P & Hill NA (2002) Remodelling and Deformation of the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. 4th World Congress of Biomechanics: Proceedings
  • Watton PN & Hill NA (2001) Abdominal aortic aneurysms a new mathematical model. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Bioengineering Division Publication BED, Vol. 50 (pp 513-514)
  • Rahman MM, Watton P, Neu CP & Pierce DM () A CHEMO-MECHANO-BIOLOGICAL MODEL OF CARTILAGE IN FEBIO: STUDIES OF PATHOLOGICAL LOADING, HOMEOSTATIC ADAPTATION AND BIO-CHEMICAL TREATMENTS. Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 2023 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C)
  • Rahman MM, Watton P, Neu CP & Pierce DM () A Coupled Chemo-Mechano-Biological Model of Cartilage in 3-D Nonlinear Finite Elements using FEBio. Proceedings of 17th U. S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM)
  • Rahman MM, Watton P, Neu CP & Pierce DM () COUPLED CHEMO-MECHANO-BIOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS OF EVOLVING OSTEOARTHRITIS: THEORY AND 3-D SIMULATIONS. Proceedings of 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Preprints

  • Azari F, Robertson AM, Tobe Y, Watton PN, Birder LA, Yoshimura N, Matsuoka K, Hardin C & Watkins S (2025) , arXiv.
  • Pederzani G, Grytsan A, Hoekstra AG, Robertson AM & Watton PN (2024) , arXiv.
  • Asadbeygi A, Tobe Y, Yoshimura N, Stocker SD, Watkins S, Watton P & Robertson AM (2024) Quantifying Smooth Muscles Regional Organization in the Rat Bladder Using Immunohistochemistry, Multiphoton Microscopy and Machine Learning..
  • Asadbeygi A, Tobe Y, Yoshimura N, Stocker SD, Watkins S, Watton P & Robertson AM (2024) , arXiv.
  • Cheng F, Robertson AM, Birder L, Kullmann FA, Hornsby J, Watton P & Watkins SC (2017) , arXiv.
  • Rahman MM, Watton PN, Neu CP & Pierce DM () A chemo-mechano-biological modeling framework for cartilage evolving in health, disease, injury, and treatment.
Grants
  • Capacity Building and Computing Technologies for Healthcare: An Application in Transforming Mental Health Research and Services in Vietnam, Academy of Medical Sciences, 03/2024 - 03/2026, £45,431. as Co-I.
  • Modelling Cartilage Chemo-Mechanobiology with Application to Predicting Osteoarthritis Progression and Treatment, Royal Society, 03/2024 - 03/2026, £12,000, as PI
  • BOOM: A Digital Twin for Designing Bladder Treatment Informed By Bladder Outlet Obstruction Mechanobiology, NIH, 08/2023 - 08/2028, Â£408,226, as PI
  • , EPSRC, 03/2021 - 02/2026, £1,225,134, as Co-PI
  • SANO: , EC H2020, 08/2019 - 07/2026, £2,497,386, as Co-PI
  • EPSRC Centre for Multiscale soft tissue mechanics with application to heart & cancer, EPSRC, 04/2016 to 03/2020, £131,726, as PI
  • Integrative In vitro and In silico Modelling of Arterial Mechanobiology for Health and Disease, The British Council, 03/2014 to 08/2016, £30,720, as PI
  • Development of a novel diagnostic model of urinary dysfunction, Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust, 03/2014 to 08/2014, £15,715, as PI
Professional activities and memberships
  • Watton PN (with Robertson A) Organiser for Mini-Symposium on Modelling and Simulation of Aneurysms, European Solid Mechanics Conference, Madrid, Spain, July 6-10, 2015.
  • Watton PN (with Cebral J & Meng H & Raghavan M & Robertson A & Steinmann D ) Organiser for Mini-Symposium on Intracranial Aneurysms, 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, USA, July 6-11, 2014.
  • Watton PN (with Cebral J & Robertson A) Organiser for Mini-Symposium Aneurysm Modelling: from basic science to clinical translation, 3rd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong, Dec 16-18, 2013.
  • Watton PN (with Robertson A) Organiser for Mini-Symposium on Modelling and Simulation of Aneurysms, European Solid Mechanics Conference, Graz University of Technology, Austria, July 9-13, 2012.