Tim St Pierre

Biography

 Professor St Pierre is a widely published physicist in the field of iron in medicine and biology. He has built a reputation for his pre-eminent understanding of the fundamental properties of the iron deposits that occur in iron overload diseases. Professor St Pierre led the team which developed the non-invasive liver iron measurement technology, FerriScan®, which has been used in over 35,000 patient measurements in hospitals around the world. He has also developed technologies for measurement of liver fat and detection of parasites in human blood, faeces, and urine.  He has published over 180 peer reviewed papers in the fields of iron and magnetism in biology, biotechnology, and medicine. In 2010 he won a Clunies Ross Award from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering for his work on non-invasive measurement of tissue iron deposits.  During 2014 he was an IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer on magnetic materials in medicine. In 2015 he won the Ernst and Young Western Region Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Technology category) and in 2016 the Panos Englezos Prize from the Thalassaemia International Federation for his contribution to the improvement of health for patients with thalassaemia.

Research Interest

 Biology