Gregg Suaning
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
University of Sydney
Australia
Biography
Gregg J. Suaning is Professor of Biomedical Engineering with the University of Sydney. He has over a quarter of a century of experience in implantable neuroprosthesis research in both industry and academia helping the deaf to hear and the blind to see. He received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the California State University in 1986 and 1988 respectively. His Ph.D. in visual prosthesis from UNSW was awarded in 2003. He has been awarded with several international patents in the medical device field – primarily in sensory bionics. Gregg has authored over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and has played a leadership role in in competitive research programs with funding in excess of $60M during his academic career.
Research Interest
Communication within our bodies - messages telling our muscles to move, our eyes to see and our lungs to breathe - is largely carried out by the nervous system. If disease or injury interrupts this communication, we lose important body functions. Professor Gregg Suaning's research focuses on developing implantable devices that use electrical stimulation of nerves to restore lost body functions, including vision, hearing and movement.
Publications
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Barriga-Rivera, A., Guo, T., Yang, C., Abed, A., Dokos, S., Lovell, N., Morley, J., Suaning, G. (2017). High-amplitude electrical stimulation can reduce elicited neuronal activity in visual prosthesis. Scientific Reports, 7.
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Lim, W., McKenzie, D., Suaning, G. (2017). Corrections to Graham's Law of effusion for predicting leak rates through hermetic seals. IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 7(3), 379-386.
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Eiber, C., Dokos, S., Lovell, N., Suaning, G. (2017). A spectral element method with adaptive segmentation for accurately simulating extracellular electrical stimulation of neurons. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 55(5), 823-831.
