I am a Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering as well as the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, at UNSW, Sydney Australia. My research focuses on (1) implantable CMOS microelectronics brain machine interfaces, (2) neurobiology of brain machine interfaces, and (3) wearable CMOS biosensors for health / medical monitoring.

I received my PhD in biomedical engineering at UNSW. I then completed postdoctoral training at Columbia University under the joint guidance of Prof. Kenneth Shepard and Prof. Rafael Yuste. My postdoc training was supported by prestigious fellowships from the Kavli Foundation and the NHMRC (CJ Martin).

I lead a research team in biomedical microelectronics, funded through > $3.8M of competitive grants in 6 years, primarily from NHMRC, MRFF, ARC, Department of Education, NSW State Government, including schemes with <10% success rate, with CI-A leadership in 12/19 of these (between 2019 - 2025). We are deeply committed to achieving broad societal impacts, rather than narrowly focused academic metrics. For example, we have established successful real-world, international impacts in neurotechnology and microelectronic tactile sensors through research translation with 4 companies, in Australia and internationally. I have received five granted patents, and three provisional patents under review. Research students in my team have received outstanding student accolades: Baxter Family Scholarship, Engineering Excellence Awards for Postgraduate Students, and Stephen Fitzgerald Scholars Award.

I provide significant teaching service for UNSW through: convener for 2 classes each year (a 2nd year core, and 4th year elective, totaling ~ 400 students / yr), help lecture another course, and an academic lead for Faculty’s Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) MiniSolar Course, while regularly receiving 100% myExperience score (six times since 2019). Classes I taught has received UNSW and international awards such as the 2021 International Consortium Innovation Competition, and the 2020 VIP Video Competition. Several of my undergraduate thesis student have received accolades for their project with my team: School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications Thesis Poster Competition, Biomedical Engineering School Award for Research Quality, BEES Award for Scientific Communication for Undergraduate Thesis. I support colleagues in teaching, and lead committee workgroups at School (Biomedical Engineering Learning and Teaching Committee) and Faculty (Faculty Education Committee, Faculty of Engineering Quality Assurance Committee) levels. I also lead teaching innovation and improvement initiatives ($108K education grants) and sharing our experiences through conference presentation and research paper, such as at the UNSW Education Festival.

Outside UNSW I lead national research data standardisation and data sharing initiatives through a program funded by Australian Research Data Commons. Working with NGOs, State Government, and Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, I am helping to build a stronger semiconductor industry in NSW.

Before academia

Capital Markets CRC Ltd

I was a research engineer at Capital Markets CRC (CMCRC), where we developed software for identifying prohibited trading behaviours, such as insider trading and market manipulation. The software was used by over 40 stock brokers in 25 markets internationally, including many of the world’s largest banks and investment houses. The system was subsequently purchased by NASDAQ QMX. More about the software Compliance Explorer.

National ICT Australia Ltd

Before CMCRC, I was at National ICT Australia, where I developed models for the ARM microprocessor in higher order logic using the theorem prover Isabelle/HOL. It was part of the L4 Microkernel project at NICTA. Qualcomm, Google and Oracle are some of the mobile solution companies using the L4 microkernel. As of 2012, L4 has been deployed in more than 1.5 billion mobile devices. My supervisor was A/Prof. Gerwin Klein. Some related links:

• L4.verified project

• My supervisor's home page