Our Chief Investigators posses a diverse range of complementary skills and expertise that fuel the research projects across our three research themes. Their contributing expertise to the Centre is listed below, and you can follow the links to their professional profiles.

Mechanopharmacology – Professor Alastair Stewart (Centre Director)

  • View an animation that demonstrates the way TGF-beta is activated mechanically

Nanostructured materials – Professor Nico Voelker (Deputy Director Translation & Monash Node Leader)

Molecular Endocrinology & Pharmacology – Professor Kevin Pfleger (Deputy Director Entrepreneurship & UWA Node Leader)

Neuroregeneration – Professor Alice Pebay (Senior ECR Mentor)

Tissue Engineering – Professor Andrea O’Connor

Biomechanics – Professor Peter Lee

Translational Proteomics – Dr Jonathan Mangum

Mechanobiology – Prof Chwee Teck Lim

Stem Cell Science – A/Prof Megan Munsie

Medical bionics applications – Dr Tatiana Kameneva

Developmental Neuroscience – A/Prof Mirella Dottori

Nano–bio interfaces – Dr Roey Elnathan

Vascular engineering – Dr Barry Doyle

Bioimaging for Translational Engineering – Dr Brendan Kennedy

Brain growth and disease – Dr Julian Heng

Mechanical testing of materials – Prof Timothy Sercombe

Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics – Prof Colin Pouton

Biotherapeutics – Prof Minghao Zheng

Entrepreneurship – Prof Timothy Mazzarol