Florian Bernard

Florian Bernard is the CEO and co-founder of Nurea, a startup that develops decision-support tools for vascular surgery.2 He holds two PhDs: one in applied mathematics from the University of Bordeaux and another in fluid mechanics from the Politecnico di Torino.1 Before founding Nurea, Bernard worked as a research engineer at Inria for two years, where he developed digital simulation and image processing tools as part of the Memphis project team.1

Career Highlights

• Co-founded Nurea, an Inria spin-off startup that won the i-Lab competition in 20191
• Developed software for analyzing CT and MRI scans to prevent cardiovascular accidents1
• Previously worked at Inria, combining ten years of applied mathematics research into an IT library1

Expertise

• Medical imaging
• Applied mathematics
• Fluid mechanics
• Digital simulation
• Image processing

Bernard's work at Nurea focuses on creating innovative solutions for cardiovascular health, including the software PRAEVAorta, which has been used for training at institutions like the Cardiovascular Center of the University of Michigan.3