After graduating from University of California San Diego (USA) in 2005 with a PhD in Biofluids, Anne-Virginie Salsac was recruited as Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University College London (UK). In 2007, she became Researcher at the CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique). She joined the Biomechanics and Bioengineering Laboratory in Compiègne (France), where she conducts original experimental and numerical modeling of blood flows, from the microcirculation to the hemodynamics in large vessels. She focuses in particular on innovative endovascular therapeutic techniques such as bioartificial microcapsules, embolic agents and new generations of cardiovascular devices.

She is at the head of the Biological Fluid Structure Interaction research group since 2012, and is Visiting Professor at the Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London (England) since 2014. She was awarded various prices, including the CNRS bronze medal in 2015, Medal of the National Order of Merit in 2016 and an ERC Consolidator grant in 2018, in recognition for her pluri disciplinary work.

Current positions:
Since 2018: Director of Research at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) in the Biomechanics and Bioengineering Laboratory (UMR CNRS 7338), University of Technology of Compiègne (France)
Since 2014: Visiting Professor, Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London (UK)

Past positions:
2007 – 2018: Researcher at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) in the Biomechanics and Bioengineering Laboratory (UMR CNRS 7338), University of Technology of Compiègne (France)
2007 – 2011: Invited Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London (UK)
2006 – 2007: Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London (UK)