Professional background
Aurelien Bustin is a Junior Professor at the CRCTB in Bordeaux, France and visiting researcher at the CHUV in Lausanne, Switzerland. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2017. At the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) he developed new mathematical models for accelerated MR and to improve spatial and temporal resolution. This led to an interdisciplinary, translational, and collaborative effort with Johns Hopkins University, the Hospital of Nancy, and GE Global Research. In 2017, he joined the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King’s College London (KCL) and St Thomas Hospital, where he worked on the EPSRC program grant “SmartHeart”, which aimed at developing next-generation cardiovascular healthcare and that was based on a collaborative effort between KCL, Siemens Healthcare, Imperial College, Oxford University and Queen Mary University.
His research interests lie at the crossroads of cardiovascular imaging, MR sequence development and image reconstruction, with a strong focus on clinical utility of tissue characterization, late enhancement imaging and coronary MR angiography.
Funding
• SMHEART: ERC Starting Grant from the European Commission (€1.5M, PI).
• SWEATHEART: PRCE from the French National Research Agency (ANR), France (€800K, co-PI).
• MERCATOR: from the Swiss National Foundation (SNF), France (€1M, co-PI).
• Junior Professor Chaire from the French National Research Agency (ANR), France (€200K, PI).
• Postdoctoral Scholarship, HEARTFACT: Y oung researcher grant (JCJC) from the French National Research Agency (ANR), France (€233K, PI).
• Postdoctoral Scholarship, HEARTIFICE: Competitive one-year scholarship in cardiovascular research, Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation, France (€50K, PI).
• Postdoctoral Scholarship, ARTEMIS: One-year scholarship in cardiovascular research, administered by the Bailey Foundation, France (€30K, PI).
• Clinical Fellowship, BHF Clinical Research Training Fellowship, UK (£256K, partner).
• Postdoctoral Scholarship, EPSRC Impact Acceleration Accounts, UK (€60K, co-PI).
• Grant, National Science Foundation, Switzerland ($79K, co-PI).
• PhD fellowship, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks “BERTI” in collaboration with Technical University of Munich & GE
Patents
HD-PROST US11016156B2 25/05/2025
PROST US11079456B2 03/08/2025
Ti-Scout Black blood LGE FR2203766 22/04/2022
Sequence Spot FR2203782 22/04/2022
Imagerie post-traitment FR2300699 25/01/2023
Spot Dixon FR2400744 25/01/2024
Stop T1 Romapping FR2400743 25/01/2024
