Researcher

Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell

My Expertise

Telemedicine & Medical informatics; Computer data acquisition & database design; biomedical instrumentation; physiological modelling & non-linear systems analysis; cardiac neurophysiology; bionics (particularly the design of a bionic eye), biomonitoring

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Fields of Research (FoR)

Biomedical engineering, Biomedical instrumentation, Medical devices, Neural engineering

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Biography

Nigel Lovell is currently a Scientia Professor and Head of the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW working in the areas of bionics, biomonitoring and physiological modelling.

Recently Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell has been named the inaugural Director of the newly formed Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering (https://ihealthe.unsw.edu.au). He will be responsible for delivering on the Institute’s vision, creating a...view more

Nigel Lovell is currently a Scientia Professor and Head of the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW working in the areas of bionics, biomonitoring and physiological modelling.

Recently Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell has been named the inaugural Director of the newly formed Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering (https://ihealthe.unsw.edu.au). He will be responsible for delivering on the Institute’s vision, creating a transformational engine of discovery, innovation and healthcare translation.

His research and development work has covered areas of expertise ranging from web-enabling technologies, telehealth apps, biomedical instrumentation, biological signal processing and health data analytics, neurophysiology and physiological modeling. His principal research interests have been focused in the application of appropriate technology in managing chronic disease and design of a bionic eye. He has published 700+ journal articles, books, chapters, patents, refereed proceedings and abstracts. He is a board member of the journal 'Physiological Measurement', a founding board member of the 'Journal of Neural Engineering' and an Associate Editor of 'IEEE journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics'.

For 2017-2018 he was President of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) which is the world's largest member-based biomedical engineering professional organisation. He is a Fellow of seven learned academies throughout the world, has been awarded over $95 million in research, consultancy and infrastructure funding in his career, and supervised more than 70 PhD students in their research degrees.

 


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Areas of supervision

I have supervised more than 70 PhD students to successful completion. I am currently looking at accepting new students in the areas of health data analytics, implantable bionics, telehealth apps for managing chronic disease, and next generation neural interface technologies.

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Location

Samuels Building, Rm 525
UNSW
Sydney NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA

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Contact

+61-2-9385-3922

Research Activities

We propose the development of a comprehensive research framework for the next generation of home telecare technology. The framework will support the unattended recording of patient physiological data and allow patient management and information review by health professionals. It will include knowledge management tools to support clinical decision making. Research will also be conducted into the development of mobile community networks and ambulatory monitoring technologies based around Bluetooth piconets. The long term outcomes of this research will be improved patient health outcomes in…

The principal goal in controlling rotary blood pumps used as ventricular assist devices in heart failure patients is to mimic the natural heart behaviour so that the body's metabolic requirements are met while avoiding harmful states associated with over and under pumping. In this research we will create, evaluate and implement novel control algorithms that intelligently combine sensorless, non-invasive and invasive sensor signals to provide a robust preload sensitive flow controller for implantable rotary blood pumps that automatically adapts to varying patient conditions. Control…

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