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Nigel Lovell

Scientia Professor Lovell is the Head of the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW working in the areas of bionics, telehealth, biosignal processing and physiological modelling.

Much of his work has been in the design of appropriate technologies to restore sensory loss and to manage chronic disease and frailty. He has commercialised a range of telehealth technologies for managing chronic disease and falls in the older population.
Prof Lovell has been awarded over $82 million in R&D funding. Over his career he has mentored 70 PhD students and delivered more than a hundred keynote presentations. He is a Fellow of seven learned academies and has been ranked as one of the top ten most published biomedical engineers in the world. For 2017 and 2018 he was the President of the world’s largest biomedical engineering society – the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

His most recent appointment as Director of Tyree IHealthE enables him to combine his extensive research and Industry knowledge to deliver on the Institute’s vision, creating a transformational engine of discovery, innovation and healthcare translation. Tyree IHealthE will leverage UNSW’s expertise across the Faculties of Medicine and Engineering as well as specialised centres including the Ageing Futures Institute. Supported by a vibrant innovation ecosystem, UNSW researchers will work closely with industry and the healthcare sector. These collaborations will serve to take our biomedical engineering capabilities to a new frontier, and swiftly bring effective new models for disease diagnosis, prevention and treatment into mainstream practice.
Tyree IHealthE will have a major educational component embedded in its operation. Programs will support both undergraduates and higher degree research students. A multidisciplinary learning journey will be provided as students are exposed to the medical technology ecosystem, spanning device design, development, evaluation and commercialisation.


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