Mark C. van Turnhout

Mark C. van Turnhout is an Education/Research Officer in the Biomedical Engineering department at Eindhoven University of Technology, focusing on Soft Tissue Biomechanics & Tissue Engineering and Modeling in Mechanobiology. He holds an ORCID identifier (0000-0002-2465-8427) and has contributed to over 562 research citations. His work addresses the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in health and innovation.

• Teaches courses such as DBL Functional Tissue Repair, Numerical Analysis of Continua, and Light Microscopy for Biological Samples.
• Research interests include mechanosensitivity, cell behavior under mechanical stimuli, and tissue engineering applications.

His recent publications explore topics like cyclic strain effects on vascular smooth muscle cells, hydrogel-based cell conditioning, and single-cell profiling of natural killer cells. He has supervised 9 works, including a master's thesis on rat skeletal muscle mechanics. Collaborations span interdisciplinary projects in biomechanics and cell biology.