Our people
IBTEC comprises of academic and research staff from AUT faculties, as well as other collaborative universities, hospitals and medical industries.
The IBTEC team
Joyce D'Mello
Administration Manager
Hassan Liaquat
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harrison Jones
Research Officer
Matin Khalili
Research Officer
Usman Shaikh
Research Officer
Andrew Lowry
Research Officer
Kalani Fruean
Research Assistant
Mike Arnold
Research Associate
Our students
- Nimesha Weerasinghe (PhD)
An Investigation into Directionally Sensitive Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Polymers for Biomedical Applications - Ahmed Kaleem Al-Attar (PhD)
An Investigation into Miniaturization and Compactness of Lung Therapy Devices - Upeka Madhavi De Silva Kalumith (PhD)
Speech analysis for mild Traumatic Injury (mTBI)/concussion detection through advanced Artificial Intelligence techniques - Hamid Rasouli Panah (PhD)
Detecting trends and patterns of infectious diseases for early warning of potential outbreaks - Usman Shaikh (PhD)
Using capacitive EEG for assessment of cognitive workload and rehabilitation progress - Sarla Kumari (PhD)
- Rajat Sehgal (PhD)
Estimation of Free Living Energy Expenditure in humans using wearable sensors and Machine Learning - Fredy Alberto Rojas Rodriguez (PhD)
Advancing Outcome Research in Chiropractic Care: An AI-Based Approach for Personalized Treatment Plans - Ifeanyi Jacobs (PhD)
Bioimpedance Measurement of Physical Activity - Osama Anis (PhD)
Therapeutic Ultrasound for the non invasive treatment of Gout - Arunima Ballav (PhD)
Wound Healing Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy - Ameya Mahale (PhD)
An AI-Driven Multimodal Wearable Sensing for Assessing Cardiovascular Risk in New Zealand Population - Dilhani Thashila Dodangoda (MPhil)
Eye-tracking using Image Processing - Minh Hoang Quach (PhD)
Generative AI for Speech Analysis in Concussion Diagnosis: Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy and Robustness - Juan Berrios (PhD)
AI in clinical decision support system for mild cognitive impairment - Weifan Zhao (PhD)
Multimodal fusion technique in neurological disorders
Visitors to IBTec
- 8 September 2025 - 7 March 2026
Maria Elena Gonzalez Thomas, University of the Basque Country, Spain - 24 June 2024 – 23 August 2024
Michaella Kim, University of Manchester - 10 June 2024 – 4 October 2024
Louis Hounilh, CESI Engineering School, France - 15 February 2024 – 31 March 2024
Professor Sridhar Krishnan from Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, along with PhD students Binh Nguyen and Sammy Abdou
Our alumni
Learn more about some of the recent alumni from our research institute and read about the research they were involved in.
Contact us
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