Dr. Cristina Cavinato is an Assistant Professor of Biomechanics at the University of Montpellier, France, affiliated with the Laboratory of Mechanics and Civil Engineering (LMGC, CNRS UMR 5508) since 2022. She is a member of the BIOTIC team, which investigates the biomechanics and mechanobiology of native and engineered soft tissues. 

Her research group focuses on the multiscale mechanics of fibrous soft tissues by combining experimental characterization with computational modeling. Her group develops growth and remodeling models for cardiovascular and joint tissues, designs neo-articular tissues for orthopedic surgery, and studies extracellular matrix–cell micromechanical interactions in pathological remodeling. 

Prior to joining LMGC, she was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University (2018–2022), where she worked on vascular biomechanics and tissue adaptation. She earned her Ph.D. from École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, where her doctoral research addressed the micromechanics of aortic aneurysm rupture.