By Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell

Journal articles

Sharma B; Davies J; Ji A; Zhu K; Nicotra E; Nguyen CC; Wan J; Phan PT; Pruscino P; Truong H; Ngo TD; La HM; Ho VA; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'Model-agnostic fluidic proprioception framework for state estimation and precise movement in soft musculoskeletal robots', Results in Engineering, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.107986

Afzali Naniz M; Al Abed A; Wang D; Lovell NH; Esrafilzadeh D, 2025, 'Mechanically Compliant and Optically Tunable Metal Oxide-PDMS Nanocomposite Thin Films as a Platform for Flexible Photonic Integration', Advanced Materials Interfaces, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202500337

Fu W; Xue R; Shivdasani MN; Wu Y; Chen D; Guo T; Lovell NH; Goldys EM; Xiang T; Huang Y; Deng F, 2025, 'Advances in biosensors for diagnosis and monitoring of inflammatory bowel disease: A review', Bioengineering and Translational Medicine, 10, pp. e70064, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/btm2.70064

Italiano ML; Guo T; Tsai D; Lovell NH; Shivdasani MN, 2025, 'The Effects and Interactions of Epiretinal Electrical Stimulation Parameters on Direct and Network-Mediated Activation of Retinal Ganglion Cells', IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 33, pp. 4454 - 4467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2025.3627290

Knapman FL; Cohen EM; Kulaga T; Lovell NH; Lisowski L; Burke PGR; Bilston LE, 2025, 'Wild-type and engineered adeno-associated viral vectors produce comparable opsin expression and light-evoked responses in rat skeletal muscle', Molecular Therapy Methods and Clinical Development, 33, pp. 101559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2025.101559

Pruscino P; Phan PT; Davies J; Sharma B; Guo T; Nguyen CC; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'A Proof‐of‐Concept Assessment of a Novel Wearable Eyelid Muscle Device: A Pre‐Clinical Animal Cadaver Study for Eyelid Closure Restoration', Advanced Robotics Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adrr.202500048

Yu J; Indraratna P; Briggs NE; Brown P; Liu H; Atkins ER; Allan M; Lambert B; Alexopoulos C; Shetty P; Juergens C; French J; Head J; Kaur B; Liaw ST; Figtree GA; Gallagher R; Shreier G; Celler B; Jan S; Jorm L; Delbaere K; Lovell NH; Ooi SY, 2025, 'Rationale and design of the TeleClinical Care Cardiac (TCC-Cardiac) trial: A pragmatic randomized trial of adjunctive virtual models of care in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular events', American Heart Journal, 286, pp. 56 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2025.03.008

Huang Y; Duan W; Deng F; Tang W; Payne SC; Guo T; Goldys EM; Lovell NH; Shivdasani MN, 2025, 'Towards an Implantable Aptamer Biosensor for Monitoring in Inflammatory Bowel Disease', Biosensors, 15, pp. 546, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios15080546

He Y; Lee J; Kim J; Brodie MA; Mitri G; van Schooten KS; Lovell NH; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2025, 'Virtual obstacle-avoidance training using daily-life obstacles with physical feedback in older people: A cross-over trial', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 135, pp. 105866, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2025.105866

Jalandhra GK; Srethbhakdi L; Davies J; Nguyen CC; Phan PT; Och Z; Ashok A; Lim KS; Phan HP; Do TN; Lovell NH; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2025, 'Materials Advances in Devices for Heart Disease Interventions', Advanced Materials, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202420114

Chen Y; Qin P; Han J; Zhu G; Bai S; Wen J; Italiano M; Lovell NH; Tsai D; Wang H; Guo T, 2025, 'A computational model of neural signalling under the superposition effect of aligned nodes of Ranvier', Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual International Conference, 2025, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11252983

Zhu G; Deng F; Cai P; Lee KG; Sivasamy A; Wang R; Italiano ML; Li L; Li H; Liu JK; Tsai D; Shivdasani MN; Lovell NH; Ly K; Guo T, 2025, 'Computational framework and tools for evaluating engineered channelrhodopsin performance in a degenerated retina', Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual International Conference, 2025, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11254135

Han J; Qin P; Zhu G; Wang R; Bai S; Wen J; Italiano M; Aplin F; Lovell NH; Tsai D; Wang H; Guo T, 2025, 'Modeling the interplay between myelin architecture and local electromagnetic fields', Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual International Conference, 2025, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11253436

Zhu G; Cai P; Deng F; Sivasamy A; Lee KG; Wang R; Italiano ML; Li L; Li H; Liu JK; Tsai D; Lovell NH; Shivdasani MN; Ly K; Guo T, 2025, 'Optogenetic stimulation of inner retinal neurons restores retinal computations in a virtual degenerated human retina', Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual International Conference, 2025, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11252708

Ambrens M; Delbaere K; Butcher K; Close J; Gonski P; Kohler F; Lovell NH; Treacy D; Van Schooten KS, 2025, 'Wearable Technology in Mobility and Falls Health Care: Finding Consensus on Their Clinical Utility and Identifying a Roadmap to Actual Use', Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 48, pp. 138 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JPT.0000000000000434

Kim MG; Phan PT; McMaster C; Indraratna P; Yu J; Martin A; Pinheiro R; Altman L; Schreier G; Kwan B; Konecny P; Post JJ; Lovell N; Ooi SY; Overton K, 2025, 'Remote patient monitoring for managing acute COVID-19, and mortality and hospital use in Sydney, New South Wales, 2021–22: a retrospective observational cohort study', Medical Journal of Australia, 222, pp. 550 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52685

Cleary JD; Kékesi O; Wise I; Low TH; Lovell NH; Gupta R; De Almeida Silva J; Clark JR; Suaning GJ, 2025, 'Surgical approach to model facial nerve paralysis in an ovine model for in vivo testing of a novel intervention', Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 105, pp. 23 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2025.03.045

Nguyen CC; Davies J; Ashok A; Hoang TT; Ehteda A; Dang TB; Nicotra E; Tran HA; Sharma B; Zhu K; Phan PT; Ji A; Wan J; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Vittorio O; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'Motor-Free Soft Robots for Cancer Detection, Surgery, and In Situ Bioprinting', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202404623

Okubo Y; He Y; Brodie MA; Hicks C; van Schooten K; Lovell NH; Anstey KJ; Lord SR; Kim J, 2025, 'Virtual reality obstacle avoidance training can be enhanced by physical feedback via perturbations: A proof-of-concept study', Applied Ergonomics, 125, pp. 104442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104442

Sharma B; Davies J; Nicotra E; Ji A; Zhu K; Phan PT; Nguyen CC; Hoang TT; Wan J; Pruscino P; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'A Soft Robotic Textile-Actuated Anthropomorphic Artificial Shoulder Mechanism', Advanced Intelligent Systems, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400807

Ji A; Davies J; Phan PT; Nguyen CC; Sharma B; Zhu K; Nicotra E; Wan J; Phan HP; Hayward C; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'Development of a Self-Deploying Extra-Aortic Compression Device for Medium-Term Hemodynamic Stabilization: A Feasibility Study', Advanced Science, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202412120

Chia S; Guo T; Goldys EM; Payne SC; Duan W; Lovell NH; Shivdasani MN; Deng F, 2025, 'A CRISPR mediated point-of-care assay for the detection of mucosal calprotectin in an animal model of ulcerative colitis', Bioengineering and Translational Medicine, 10, pp. e10725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10725

Rozenbroek P; Waugh A; Heller G; Hayler R; Cleary J; Hasmat S; Lovell NH; Suaning G; Clark JR; Low TH, 2025, 'Acceptance and willingness of patients with chronic facial nerve palsy for an implantable device that assists with eye closure', Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 101, pp. 254 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2024.09.028

Pinyon JL; von Jonquieres G; Mow SL; Abed AA; Lai KY; Manoharan M; Crawford EN; Xue SH; Smith-Moore S; Caproni LJ; Milsom S; Klugmann M; Lovell NH; Housley GD, 2025, 'Vector-Free Deep Tissue Targeting of DNA/RNA Therapeutics via Single Capacitive Discharge Conductivity-Clamped Gene Electrotransfer', Advanced Science, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202406545

Argha A; Alinejad-Rokny H; Baumgartner M; Schreier G; Celler BG; Redmond SJ; Butcher K; Ooi SY; Lovell NH, 2025, 'A Novel Deep Ensemble Method for Selective Classification of Electrocardiograms', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 72, pp. 833 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2024.3476088

Zhu K; Nguyen CC; Sharma B; Phan PT; Hoang TT; Davies J; Ji A; Nicotra E; Wan J; Pruscino P; Walia S; Vo-Doan TT; Phee SJ; Wong S; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'Development of a Bioinspired Soft Robotic System for Teleoperated Endoscopic Surgery', Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.34133/cbsystems.0289

Boss LA; Lovell NH; Stevens MC, 2025, 'Novel Index for Non-Invasive Myocardial Recovery Assessment in LVAD-Supported Heart Failure Patients', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 72, pp. 2178 - 2188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2025.3537037

Ly K; Italiano ML; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Zhang JY; Jiang C; Lovell NH; Dokos S; Guo T, 2025, 'Virtual human retina: Simulating neural signalling, degeneration, and responses to electrical stimulation', Brain Stimulation, 18, pp. 144 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2025.01.013

Sharma B; Davies J; Nicotra E; Ji A; Zhu K; Phan PT; Nguyen CC; Hoang TT; Wan J; Pruscino P; Phan H; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'A Soft Robotic Textile‐Actuated Anthropomorphic Artificial Shoulder Mechanism', Advanced Intelligent Systems, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202570020

, 2025, 'Development of a Self‐Deploying Extra‐Aortic Compression Device for Medium‐Term Hemodynamic Stabilization: A Feasibility Study (Adv. Sci. 11/2025)', Advanced Science, 12

Nguyen CC; Davies J; Ashok A; Hoang TT; Ehteda A; Dang TB; Nicotra E; Tran HA; Sharma B; Zhu K; Phan PT; Ji A; Wan J; Rnjak‐Kovacina J; Vittorio O; Phan H; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2025, 'Motor‐Free Soft Robots for Cancer Detection, Surgery, and In Situ Bioprinting (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 14/2025)', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202570083

, 2025, 'Vector‐Free Deep Tissue Targeting of DNA/RNA Therapeutics via Single Capacitive Discharge Conductivity‐Clamped Gene Electrotransfer (Adv. Sci. 3/2025)', Advanced Science, 12

Ooi JH; Lim R; Seng H; Tan MP; Goh CH; Lovell NH; Argha A; Beh HC; Md Sari NA; Lim E, 2024, 'Non-invasive parameters of autonomic function using beat-to-beat cardiovascular variations and arterial stiffness in hypertensive individuals: a systematic review', Biomedical Engineering Online, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12938-024-01202-6

Sharma B; Phan PT; Davies J; Hoang TT; Nguyen CC; Ji A; Zhu K; Nicotra E; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2024, 'Soft Upper-Limb Wearable Robotic Devices: Technology and Applications', Advanced Intelligent Systems, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400266

Liu T; Wang J; Wong S; Razjigaev A; Beier S; Peng S; Do TN; Song S; Chu D; Wang CH; Lovell NH; Wu L, 2024, 'A Review on the Form and Complexity of Human–Robot Interaction in the Evolution of Autonomous Surgery', Advanced Intelligent Systems, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400197

Nguyen CC; Hoang TT; Davies J; Phan PT; Thai MT; Nicotra E; Abed AA; Tran HA; Truong TA; Sharma B; Ji A; Zhu K; Wang CH; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN; Al Abed A, 2024, 'Soft Fibrous Syringe Architecture for Electricity-Free and Motorless Control of Flexible Robotic Systems', Advanced Science, 11, pp. 2405610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202405610

Hoang TT; Nguyen CC; Phan PT; Davies J; Tran HA; Thai MT; Truong VK; Nguyen TK; Vo-Doan TT; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2024, 'Shape Programmable and Multifunctional Soft Textile Muscles for Wearable and Soft Robotics', Advanced Intelligent Systems, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202300875

Davies J; Thai MT; Sharma B; Hoang TT; Nguyen CC; Phan PT; Vuong TNAM; Ji A; Zhu K; Nicotra E; Toh YC; Stevens M; Hayward C; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2024, 'Soft robotic artificial left ventricle simulator capable of reproducing myocardial biomechanics', Science Robotics, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.ado4553

Almasri RM; Lim SS; Lovell NH; Ladouceur F; Al Abed A, 2024, 'Alignment assessment of anisotropic liquid crystals through an automated image processing algorithm', Journal of Molecular Liquids, 408, pp. 125243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.125243

Pinyon JL; von Jonquieres G; Crawford EN; Abed AA; Power JM; Klugmann M; Browne CJ; Housley DM; Wise AK; Fallon JB; Shepherd RK; Lin JY; McMahon C; McAlpine D; Birman CS; Lai W; Enke YL; Carter PM; Patrick JF; Gay RD; Marie C; Scherman D; Lovell NH; Housley GD, 2024, 'Gene Electrotransfer via Conductivity-Clamped Electric Field Focusing Pivots Sensori-Motor DNA Therapeutics: “A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down”', Advanced Science, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202401392

Xue R; Deng F; Guo T; Epps A; Lovell NH; Shivdasani MN, 2024, 'Needle-Shaped Biosensors for Precision Diagnoses: From Benchtop Development to In Vitro and In Vivo Applications', Biosensors, 14, pp. 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios14080391

Ladouceur F; Al Abed A; Lehmann T; Almasri RM; Firth J; Lovell NH, 2024, 'All optical neural interfaces', Applied Optics, 63, pp. D21 - D27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.512480

Zahedi R; Ghamsari R; Argha A; Macphillamy C; Beheshti A; Alizadehsani R; Lovell NH; Lotfollahi M; Alinejad-Rokny H, 2024, 'Deep learning in spatially resolved transcriptfomics: A comprehensive technical view', Briefings in Bioinformatics, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbae082

Zhang X; Li Q; Li W; Guo Y; Zhang J; Guo C; Chang K; Lovell NH, 2024, 'FD-Net: Feature Distillation Network for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lymph Node Segmentation in Hyperspectral Imagery', IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 28, pp. 1552 - 1563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2024.3350245

Phan PT; Davies J; Hoang TT; Thai MT; Nguyen CC; Ji A; Zhu K; Sharma B; Nicotra E; Hayward C; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2024, 'Robotic Cardiac Compression Device Using Artificial Muscle Filaments for the Treatment of Heart Failure', Advanced Intelligent Systems, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202300464

Boord MS; Brown P; Soriano J; Meola T; Dumuid D; Milte R; Roughead EE; Lovell NH; Stone H; Whitehouse J; Janetzki JL; Gebreyohannes EA; Lim R, 2024, 'A Digitally Enabled, Pharmacist service to detecT medicine harms in residential aged care (nursing home) (ADEPT): protocol for a feasibility study', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080148

Muralidharan M; Guo T; Tsai D; Lee JI; Fried S; Dokos S; Morley JW; Lovell NH; Shivdasani MN, 2024, 'Neural activity of retinal ganglion cells under continuous, dynamically-modulated high frequency electrical stimulation', Journal of Neural Engineering, 21, pp. 015001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ad2404

Chen T; Zhang J; Xu Z; Redmond SJ; Lovell NH; Liu G; Wang C, 2024, 'Energy-Efficient Sleep Apnea Detection Using a Hyperdimensional Computing Framework Based on Wearable Bracelet Photoplethysmography', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 71, pp. 2483 - 2494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2024.3377270

Subramaniam S; Akay M; Anastasio MA; Bailey V; Boas D; Bonato P; Chilkoti A; Cochran JR; Colvin V; Desai TA; Duncan JS; Epstein FH; Fraley S; Giachelli C; Grande-Allen KJ; Green J; Guo XE; Hilton IB; Humphrey JD; Johnson CR; Karniadakis G; King MR; Kirsch RF; Kumar S; Laurencin CT; Li S; Lieber RL; Lovell N; Mali P; Margulies SS; Meaney DF; Ogle B; Palsson B; Peppas NA; Perreault EJ; Rabbitt R; Setton LA; Shea LD; Shroff SG; Shung K; Tolias AS; Van Der Meulen MCH; Varghese S; Vunjak-Novakovic G; White JA; Winslow R; Zhang J; Zhang K; Zukoski C; Miller MI, 2024, 'Grand Challenges at the Interface of Engineering and Medicine', IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 5, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OJEMB.2024.3351717

Thai MT; Davies J; Nguyen CC; Phan PT; Hoang TT; Ji A; Zhu K; Sharma B; Nicotra E; Vo-Doan TT; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Do TN, 2024, 'Soft Wearable Haptic Display and Flexible 3D Force Sensor for Teleoperated Surgical Systems', Advanced Sensor Research, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202300105

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