Bart Bijnens received the master's degree in electro-mechanical engineering sciences and the PhD degree in medical sciences from the KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium. He is an ICREA research professor with the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. As an associate professor with the Medical Faculty in Leuven, he established a Cardiac Imaging Research Group and the Cardiology-Engineering Research Group in Zagreb. Currently, he performs multidisciplinary Systems Medicine Research addressing Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, by integrating information handling and computational techniques, combined with basic knowledge on cardiovascular physiology, in order to advance clinical sciences. He is visiting professor with the Faculty of Medicine in Leuven, the School of Medicine and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb. He is a recognized international expert in clinical cardiovascular pathophysiology and cardiac imaging.