Brendan Kennedy
Doctor
Bioimaging
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Australia
Biography
Dr Kennedy is Head of the Bioimaging Research and Innovation for Translational Engineering Lab (BRITElab) at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and is also a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at The University of Western Australia (UWA). He graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Electronic Engineering and a PhD from Dublin City University, Ireland, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. His PhD thesis focussed on the development of all-optical signal processing for optical communication systems: specifically studying the nonlinear polarisation rotation effect in semiconductor optical amplifiers.
Research Interest
His research interests include the development of wearable biomedical optics devices, intraoperative surgical techniques, optical elastography and the measurement of tissue and cell mechanics.
