Bioengineering Executive
- Professor Tim Woodfield – Director and Regenerative medicine lead
- Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak – Point-of-care technologies lead
- Professor Azam Ali – Biomaterials lead
- Professor Arlene McDowell – Nanomedicine and diagnostics lead
- Professor Anthony Butler – Imaging lead
- Professor Logan Walker – Associate Dean Research UOC
- Associate Professor Kirsty Danielson - Surgery and Anesthesia and Associate Dean Research UOW
- Peter Hilton – Research facilitator
Biomaterials
Biomaterials – Lead
Professor Azam Ali, biomaterials science and engineering
Researchers
- Associate Professor Jaydee Cabral, medical hydrogels, regenerative medicine, 3D bioprinting
- Professor Karl Lyons, restorative dental biomaterials
- Professor Paul Cooper, dental biomaterials and pulp-tissue regeneration
- Professor Rajesh Katare, therapeutic biomaterials including miRNA, Wound care, Cardiac ECM
- Fraser Harrold, Soft and hard tissue mechanics, bone tissue engineering and regeneration
- Professor John Reynolds, therapeutic biomaterial and delivery system; neural tissue repair and regeneration
- Professor George J. Dias, biomaterials, biobased HA, bone graft and tissue engineering
- Professor Mauro Farella, Medical implants/devices, smart brasses
- Dr Jithendra Ratnayake, Dental Biomaterials, biobased HA, Dental Implants, bone graft
- Dr Dominic Agyei (Department of Food Science), chemical & process engineering, bioactive biomaterials, formulations technology
- Dr Sarah Sunderland, Antimicrobial biomaterials and in vitro / in vivo evaluation
Visit the Cabral Lab page for Bioengineering postgraduate research projects.
Imaging
Imaging - Lead
Professor Anthony Butler (Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Christchurch)
Researchers
- Associate Professor Steven Gieseg (Biological Sciences, UC)
- Professor Tim Buckenham (Radiologist, CDHB)
- Dr Alex Mchaffie (Pathologyand Molecular Medicine, Christchurch)
- Jon Crighton (Specialist Registrar, CDHB)
- Stefan Gabrielson (Radiologist, CDHB)
- Dr David Krofcheck (Physics, Auckland)
- Dr Nanette Schleich (Radiation Therapy, Wellington)
- Professor Phil Butler (MBI)
Honorary researchers
- Dr Nadia Mitchell (Lincoln University)
- Dr Aamir Raja (UAE)
- Dr Niels de Ruiter (UC)
- Dr Mahdieh Moghiseh (MBI)
Point-of-care technologies
Point-of-care – Lead
Associate Professor Yusuf Ozgur Cakmak, Wearables, mHealth and non-contact systems.
Researchers
- Associate Professor Max Berry (Paediatrics and Child Health, Wellington)
- Professor Jeremiah Deng (Information Sciences, Dunedin)
- Associate Professor Mei Peng (Dept of Food Science, Dunedin)
- Associate Professor Paul Teal (PHySIC, Victoria University, Wellington)
- Professor Melanie Bussey (Biomechanics and Director of the Motion Analysis Research Lab, Dunedin)
- Professor Mauro Farella (Medical implants/devices, smart brasses, Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Micheal Schultz (Gastroenterology, Mobile Health applications, Deptartment of Medicine, Dunedin)
- Professor John Reynolds (Wearable Ultrasound for in vivo drug delivery, Department of Anatomy, Dunedin)
- Dr Jerin Mathew (EEG neurofeedback, pain modulation, Department of Anatomy, Dunedin)
Regenerative medicine
The team, led from University of Otago Christchurch campus, consists of mechanical engineers, clinicians, process engineers, mathematicians and surgeons.
Regenerative Medicine – Lead
Professor Tim Woodfield (Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
Researchers
- Associate Professor Khoon Lim, light activated biomaterials, (CReaTE, Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
- Dr Gabriella Lindberg, hydrogel bioinks and bioresins, (CReaTE, Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
- Dr Bram Soliman, macro- and microenvironment of engineered tissues, (CReaTE, Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
- Dr Steven Cui
- Dr Alessia Longoni, bone and cartilage tissue engineering, stem cell biology (CReaTE, Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
- Dr Lyn Wise (School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Dunedin)
- Professor Warwick Duncan, Periodontology and Dental Implantology (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Dawn Coates, Periodontal health and disease (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Don Schwass, Dentist (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Richard Cannon, Oral microbiology and antifungal drug resistance (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Mauro Farella, Orthodontics, masticatory muscle physiology, orofacial pain (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Azam Ali, Biomaterials, biofabrication, medical devices, tissue engineering and regeneration (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Associate Professor Jaydee Cabral, 3D bioprinting (Chemistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Stephen Robertson, Genetic disorders affecting children (Paediatrics and Child Health, Dunedin)
A large number of postgraduate students have worked alongside our researchers to achieve their qualifications.
Visit our Regenerative Medicine students page.
Nanomedicine and Diagnostics
Nanomedicine and Diagnostics – Lead
- Professor Arlene McDowell, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology – Veterinary pharmaceutics and delivery of bioactives
Researchers
- Professor Parry Guilford, Biochemistry – cancer diagnostics and therapies
- Associate Professor Daniel Pletzer, Microbiology – peptides, peptidomimetics, small molecules to treat bacterial pathogens
- Professor Alex McLellan, Microbiology – CAR-T, cancer
- Dr Laura Gumy, Anatomy – neuron injury
- Professor John Reynolds, Anatomy – ultrasound triggered targeted in vivo drug delivery
- Associate Professor Greg Walker, Pharmacy – Delivery and formulation
- Professor Joel Tyndall, Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry, drug discovery particularly molecular modelling
- Professor Sarah Hook, Pharmacy – oral vaccine formulations sustained release gels for vaccines and drugs
- Associate Professor Shayamal Das, Pharmacy – Drug formulation and delivery, drug delivery to the lung
- Professor Arlene McDowell, Pharmacy – drug delivery (nanoparticles)
- Professor Logan Walker, Pathology and Molecular Meicine, Christchurch – RNA diagnostics, cancer therapeutics
- Dr Rachel Purcell, Surgery and Critical Care, Christchurch – tumour microbiomes, circulating bacterial DNA as prognostic biomarker
- Associate Professor Kirsty Danielson, Surgery and Critcal Care, Wellington – cancer therapies and biomarkers, RNA
- Professor Mike Eccles, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Dunedin – DNA methylation-based biomarkers, RNA therapeutics, circulating tumour cells
- Dr Erin Macaulay, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Dunedin
Research facilitator
- Peter Hilton, (Otago and Christchurch, Bioengineering)