Lunch Club guest speaker from UQ and celebrating HDRs

At the October Lunch Club, we were delighted to welcome Dr Alejandro Melendez Calderon (photographed right above), who leads the NeuroEngineering, Rehabilitation and Medical Robotics Lab at the University of Queensland.

Dr Andrew Stephens shared his academic journey Building my Academic Career in Cardiovascular Engineering and PhD Candidate, Timo Baroth (photographed left above) shared his research project Moving towards user friendly, repeatable Melt Electrowriting: Advances in automation and process monitoring.

 

Congratulations to Anu Thomas Koikalethu, PhD Candidate on receiving the October Outstanding HDR Award nominated by A/Prof Nathalie Bock and Brooke Lundon with the motivation:

Sciences HDR Symposium for her outstanding short talk. This recognition highlights her research excellence, particularly impressive given she recently completed her confirmation in August. Anu works on a high-impact multidisciplinary project related to breast cancer bone metastasis, innovatively merging biotechnology and cancer therapy research. Additionally, Anu is one of only five finalists representing Australia in the prestigious Promega Rising Researcher competition. Her dedication and ambition serve as a source of inspiration for fellow HDR students.

Anu is a dedicated PhD student who recently won 1st place in the School of Biomedical Sciences HDR Symposium for her exceptional short talk. This achievement showcases the significant impact of her research, especially as she just completed her confirmation in August. In addition, Anu has already completed an internship with Gelomics during her first year, where she contributed to the development of novel biomaterials. She is also one of five finalists representing Australia in the Promega Rising Researcher competition. Anu’s drive and ambition serve as an inspiring example for all HDR students.

 

Congratulations to Laura Milton, PhD Candidate on receiving the Best Publication Award July-September 2024 Journal: Acta Biomaterialia Impact Factor: 9.7 (Q1/D1)

Title of the winning article: Liver click dECM hydrogels for engineering hepatic microenvironments. Authors: Laura Milton, Jordan Davern, Luke Hipwood, Juliana Chaves, Jacqui McGovern, Daniel Broszczak, Dietmar W. Hutmacher, Christoph Meinert, PhD and Yi-Chin Toh. Published in Acta Biomaterialia Impact Factor: 9.7 (Q1/D1). Click here to read the full article.

 

More information about the speakers:

Dr Alejandro Melendez Calderon, Univeristy of Queensland
 Dr. Alejandro Melendez-Calderon has an interdisciplinary background in robotics and biomedical engineering with extensive experience in human augmentation technologies used in medicine (robotics, wearable devices) and computational approaches to understand human neuromuscular control (unimpaired, stroke and SCI population). He has over 19 years of experience gained in academic, clinical and industrial environments. He leads the NeuroEngineering, Rehabilitation and Medical Robotics Lab at UQ, and is currently a Senior Lecturer within the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering and the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (affiliate) at the University of Queensland (Australia; Jan 2020-present). He is also a Principal Research Fellow at the Jamieson Trauma Institute, Queensland Health (Australia, Jun 2022-present).

Dr Andrew Stephens – Building my Academic Career in Cardiovascular Engineering
In his talk he include observations on the academic landscape, some tips that worked for him, and some of the successes and failures that helped the transition from post-doc to a continuing academic position. Dr Andrew Stephens is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Electronic Engineering and Robotics and is the Director of the Advanced Cardiorespiratory Engineering Laboratory (ACE Lab). His research interests are smart devices for treating cardiovascular diseases and AI for cardiorespiratory outcomes prediction.

Dr Timo Baroth, PhD Candidate – Moving towards user friendly, repeatable Melt Electrowriting: Advances in automation and process monitoring.
Timo Baroth completed his masters degree in Mechatronics and Robotics in Hannover (Germany) and is now working as a PhD candidate in Dietmar Hutmachers regenerative medicine group at QUT. He works on advanced process monitoring and control for Melt Electrowriting (MEW), aiming to gain better insights into the process dynamics and to achieve better process repeatability.

 

Did you miss the event? Watch this for a quick catch-up!

The CBT Lunch Club events offer our HDR students and early career researchers an opportunity to give practice talks and be inspired by other researchers. We also award outstanding achievements and share success stories.  The sessions are arranged by Dr Jacqui McGovern and Associate Professor Nathalie Bock, CBT Internal Engagement Leads. Contact us if you have questions or would like to come as a guest speaker: https://research.qut.edu.au/cbt/

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