Professor Traian Chirila
BEng, PhD, FRACI, CChem.

Senior Scientist

Professor Traian Chirila, our senior scientist, is the winner of the RACI's 1999 Applied Research Medal and the Polymer Division Citation in 1993. Professor Chirila spent nearly twenty years at the Lions Eye Institute, Perth where he established a department for research and development of polymeric biomaterials with applications in eye surgery. Professor Chirila's past and current research has contributed in several areas of biomaterials, polymer science and bioengineering, especially in the understanding of biomaterials and biocompatibility, in the development of polymers, hydrophilic sponges, artificial cornea, artificial vitreous substitutes and in topics such as interaction of laser radiation with polymers, photoresponsive polymers, supramolecular polymers, sustained release of bioactive agents, tissue engineering and the use of polymers in genetic therapies. He is the acknowledged inventor of AlphaCor™ an artificial cornea in current clinical use. His research has resulted to date in over 130 publications and 13 patents. He has contributed over 140 presentations at scientific meetings and he was invited to present lectures in China, USA, Japan, Romania, Italy, France, Switzerland and Korea. He holds honorary professorships at QUT and University of Queensland.

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