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Cristobal Rodero

Postdoctoral researcher · Imperial College London

Cristobal Rodero received his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the Universitat de València, Spain in 2016. Cristobal completed a MSc of Research in Mathematics jointly awarded by Universitat de València and Universitat Politècnica de València. At the same time, he completed a second MSc in Computational Mathematics by Universitat Jaume I in Castellón.

Cristobal started his PhD in 2017 in Biomedical Engineering, both in CEMRG and in CMIB (Cardiac Modelling and Imaging Biomarkers) group, supervised by Profs Steven Niederer and Pablo Lamata. His PhD focussed on studying shape and function in the heart and how they interact using simulations. He also worked on calibration of models using emulators. In February 2022 he started a position at CEMRG as a research assistant studying cardiac remodelling in longitudinal studies.

Research themes

In the news

  1. A minisymposium on data-driven cardiovascular modelling
  2. 3D-printed hearts at the Great Exhibition Road Festival
  3. Hearts, balloons and live art at the Great Exhibition Road Festival
  4. Cardiac digital twins on show at AI UK
  5. The first systematic review of cardiac in silico trials

Papers

First author 8

  1. Cristobal Rodero, Lara Curran, Christopher W. Lanyon, Paolo Inglese, Abdul Qayyum, Rosie K. Barrows, Jose A. Solis-Lemus, Shahrokh Rahmani, Marina Strocchi, Angela W.C. Lee, Tiffany M.G. Baptiste, Ludovica Cicci, Edward Burford, Elias Karabelas, …, Steven A. Niederer

    Computational models show that functional remodeling, not anatomy, reshapes physiological determinants of cardiac performance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 2026

  2. Cristobal Rodero, Steven A. Niederer

    Striking the balance: Complexity, simplicity, and credibility in mathematical biology

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025

  3. Cristobal Rodero, Tiffany M. G. Baptiste, Rosie K. Barrows, Alexandre Lewalle, Steven A. Niederer, Marina Strocchi

    Advancing clinical translation of cardiac biomechanics models: a comprehensive review, applications and future pathways

    Frontiers in Physics, 2023

  4. Cristobal Rodero, Tiffany M G Baptiste, Rosie K Barrows, Hamed Keramati, Charles P Sillett, Marina Strocchi, Pablo Lamata, Steven A Niederer

    A systematic review of cardiac in-silico clinical trials

    Progress in Biomedical Engineering, 2023

  5. Cristobal Rodero, Stefano Longobardi, Christoph Augustin, Marina Strocchi, Gernot Plank, Pablo Lamata, Steven A. Niederer

    Calibration of Cohorts of Virtual Patient Heart Models Using Bayesian History Matching

    Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2022

  6. Cristobal Rodero, Pablo Lamata, Steven Alexander Niederer

    Cardiac Simulations: Computer Games to Mend Broken Hearts

    Frontiers for Young Minds, 2022

  7. Cristobal Rodero, Marina Strocchi, Angela W.C. Lee, Christopher A. Rinaldi, Edward J. Vigmond, Gernot Plank, Pablo Lamata, Steven A. Niederer

    Impact of anatomical reverse remodelling in the design of optimal quadripolar pacing leads: A computational study

    Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2021

  8. Cristobal Rodero, Marina Strocchi, Maciej Marciniak, Stefano Longobardi, John Whitaker, Mark D. O’Neill, Karli Gillette, …, Steven A. Niederer

    Linking statistical shape models and simulated function in the healthy adult human heart

    PLoS Computational Biology, 2021

Middle author 23

  1. Shuang Qian, Devran Ugurlu, Elliot Fairweather, Richard E. Jones, Hassan Zaidi, Sanjay Prasad, Brian P. Halliday, …, Cristobal Rodero, Abdul Qayyum, …, Martin Bishop, Steven Niederer

    In silico trials for sex-specific patient inclusion criteria in cardiac resynchronization therapy

    npj Digital Medicine, 2026

  2. José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Rosie K. Barrows, Cristobal Rodero, Marina Strocchi, Natalie Montarello, Nishant Lahoti, Cesare Corrado, Abdul Qayyum, Shahrokh Rahmani, Caroline Roney, Gernot Plank, Christoph Augustin, …, Steven A. Niederer

    Assessing the importance of sex and disease-specific anatomy in electrophysiology and mechanical simulations with a newly developed public virtual cohort of four-chamber heart models

    PLoS Computational Biology, 2026

  3. Tiffany M. G. Baptiste, Rosie K. Barrows, Cristobal Rodero, Steven A. Niederer

    Testing Treatments Virtually: How Digital Hearts can Save Lives

    Frontiers for Young Minds, 2025

  4. Christopher W Lanyon, Cristobal Rodero, Abdul Qayyum, Tiffany MG Baptiste, Steven A Niederer, Richard D Wilkinson

    Weaving the Digital Tapestry: Methods for Emulating Cohorts of Cardiac Digital Twins Using Gaussian Processes

    Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2025

  5. Ovais Ahmed Jaffery, Carlos E Lopez-Barrera, Cristobal Rodero, Alexander M Zolotarev, Wilson W Good, Gregory Slabaugh, Steven Niederer, …, Caroline H Roney

    Automated generation of ablation lesion masks: a unison of electro and optic flow mapping for persistent AF virtual cohorts

    EP Europace, 2025

  6. Tiffany M.G. Baptiste, Cristobal Rodero, Charles P. Sillett, Marina Strocchi, Christopher W. Lanyon, Christoph M. Augustin, Angela W. C. Lee, José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Caroline H. Roney, Daniel B. Ennis, Ronak Rajani, …, Steven A. Niederer

    Regional heterogeneity in left atrial stiffness impacts passive deformation in a cohort of patient-specific models

    PLoS Computational Biology, 2025

  7. Alphonsus Liew, Marina Strocchi, Cristobal Rodero, Karli K. Gillette, Nadeev Wijesuriya, Sandra Howell, Felicity de Vere, …, Steven Niederer, …

    Comparing the effects of left bundle branch pacing and leadless right ventricular pacing on intraventricular and interventricular dyssynchrony using in silico modelling

    Frontiers in Physiology, 2025

  8. S Samaneh Lashkarinia, Angela W C Lee, Tiffany M G Baptiste, Rosie K Barrows, Charles P Sillett, Cristobal Rodero, Upasana Tayal, Antonio de Marvao, Nicholas Panay, Catherine Williamson, …, Marina Strocchi, Steven A Niederer

    Representation of women in cardiovascular disease management: a systematic analysis of ESC guidelines

    Open Heart, 2025

  9. Alexandre Lewalle, Tiffany M. G. Baptiste, Rosie K. Barrows, Ludovica Cicci, Cesare Corrado, Angela W. C. Lee, Cristobal Rodero, José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Marina Strocchi, Steven A. Niederer

    Developing cardiac biomechanical models beyond the clinic: modeling stressors of daily life

    Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2025

  10. José Marín, Tiffany M.G. Baptiste, Cristobal Rodero, Steven E. Williams, Steven A. Niederer, Ignacio García-Fernández

    SciBlend: Advanced data visualization workflows within Blender

    Computers & Graphics, 2025

  11. Charles Sillett, Orod Razeghi, Tiffany M G Baptiste, Angela W C Lee, Jose Alonso Solis Lemus, Cristobal Rodero, Caroline H Roney, Ruibin Feng, Prasanth Ganesan, Hui Ju Chang, Paul Clopton, …, Steven A Niederer

    Identification of atrial myopathy and atrial fibrillation recurrence after ablation using 3D left atrial phasic strain from retrospective gated computed tomography

    European Heart Journal - Imaging Methods and Practice, 2025

  12. Marina Strocchi, Rosie K. Barrows, Cristobal Rodero, José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Shuang Qian, Ludovica Cicci, Abdul Qayyum, Devran Ugurlu, Christoph M. Augustin, Matthias A. F. Gsell, Edward J. Vigmond, Gernot Plank, Steven A. Niederer

    Multi-scale Whole-Heart Electromechanics Modeling to Link Cellular, Tissue and Systemic Properties to Cardiac Biomarkers in the Diabetic Male and Female Heart

    Lecture notes in computer science, 2025

The 12 most recent of 23. All of them are under Every group paper.