Biography:
Dr. Oleg Ardatov studied Biomechanical Engineering at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in Lithuania, where he earned his MSc in 2012. He is currently a research fellow at the Institute of Mechanical Science, having completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering there in 2021. Since 2025, he also works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University, working on a project focused on numerical modeling and biomechanical analysis of the spinal system.
Title : Assessing geometric simplifications in vertebral modeling for reliable numerical analysis of intervertebral discs