Education
- PhD. (Biomedical Engineering), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2008
- MASc. (Mechanical Engineering), Queen’s University at Kingston, ON, Canada, 2003
- BASc. (Mechanical Engineering), Queen’s University at Kingston, ON, Canada, 2001
Experience
Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (x-appointed to Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering), 2015 - ongoing
Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada (x-appointed to Materials Science and Engineering and the Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering), 2012 – 2015
Staff Scientist/Scientific Associate/Lecturer, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital / the Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute/ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2010 – 2015
Research Associate, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada 2009 – 2010
Post Doctoral Fellow, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada 2007 – 2009
Research Interests
My main research interests concern the mechanics and engineering of skeletal biomaterials and tissues. I am interested in:
Bone Quality and Fragility
Developing improved understanding of the mechanisms that determine the mechanical behaviour and failure of bone and how collagen modifications due to ageing, disease, irradiation, and other causes alter these mechanisms and the mechanical behaviour of the tissue.
Engineering of Bone Mimetic Materials for Skeletal Reconstruction
By leveraging the exciting and rapidly advancing fields of additive manufacturing/3D Printing, biomineralization, and mechanics of multi-scale biological and biomimetic composites, we seek to both a) gain improved understanding of the materials science and mechanics of these exceptional materials and b) to develop disruptive new technologies for application in skeletal reconstruction and repair (orthopaedics), particularly graft materials for treating large skeletal defects caused by trauma, cancer, etc.
