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Materials Scientist and Biomedical Engineer | https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasvapollo/
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing,
Copywriting,
Newswriting
Research
Feasibility Study,
Technology Scouting,
Fact Checking,
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting,
Manufacturing Consulting
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis,
Image Analysis,
Algorithm Design-Non ML,
Data Visualization,
Data Processing
Product Development
Formulation,
Recipe Development,
Stability/Shelf Life Testing,
Product Evaluation,
Concept Development
Work Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Pennsylvania
June 2018 - Present
Medical Device Fabrication Scientist
University of Melbourne
January 2017 - June 2018
Graduate Student Researcher
University of Melbourne
February 2012 - January 2017
Tissue Engineer (Bioengineering Co-op Student)
Cook Medical (MyoSite)
March 2010 - March 2011
Education
PhD in Physics (Materials Science)
University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia)
February 2012 - January 2017
Bachelors of Bioengineering; Minor in Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
August 2006 - August 2011
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
CONFERENCE PAPER
(2018). Cooling of Miniature Electronic Systems Using Diamond Circuit Boards . Proceedings of the 17th InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2018. p. 340-344.
Maturana, M.I., Apollo, N.V., Garrett, D.J., Kameneva, T., Maturana, M.I., Apollo, N.V., Garrett, D.J., Kameneva, T., Meffin, H., Ibbotson, M.R., et al.(2015). The effects of temperature changes on retinal ganglion cell responses to electrical stimulation . Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS. 2015-November. p. 7506-7509.
Apollo, N., Grayden, D.B., Burkitt, A.N., Meffin, H., Kameneva, T.(2013). Modeling intrinsic electrophysiology of AII amacrine cells: Preliminary results . Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS. p. 6551-6554.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
(2018). In vivo impedance characterization of cortical recording electrodes shows dependence on electrode location and size . IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
(2018). Electrical receptive fields of retinal ganglion cells: Influence of presynaptic neurons . PLoS Computational Biology. 14. (2).
(2016). Development of a Magnetic Attachment Method for Bionic Eye Applications . Artificial Organs. 40. (3). p. E12-E24.
(2016). A Simple and Accurate Model to Predict Responses to Multi-electrode Stimulation in the Retina . PLoS Computational Biology. 12. (4).
Zhan, H., Garrett, D.J., Apollo, N.V., Ganesan, K., Lau, D., Prawer, S., Cervenka, J.(2016). Direct fabrication of 3D graphene on nanoporous anodic alumina by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition . Scientific Reports. 6.
(2016). Brazing techniques for the fabrication of biocompatible carbon-based electronic devices . Carbon. 107. p. 180-189.
Ahnood, A., Fox, K.E., Apollo, N.V., Lohrmann, A., Garrett, D.J., Nayagam, D.A.X., Karle, T., Stacey, A., Abberton, K.M., Morrison, W.A., et al.(2016). Diamond encapsulated photovoltaics for transdermal power delivery . Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 77. p. 589-597.
(2015). Optimizing the Electrical Stimulation of Retinal Ganglion Cells . IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 23. (2). p. 169-178.
(2015). Hermetic diamond capsules for biomedical implants enabled by gold active braze alloys . Biomaterials. 53. p. 464-474.
(2015). Soft, Flexible Freestanding Neural Stimulation and Recording Electrodes Fabricated from Reduced Graphene Oxide . Advanced Functional Materials. 25. (23). p. 3551-3559.
(2015). Ultrananocrystalline diamond-CMOS device integration route for high acuity retinal prostheses . Biomedical Microdevices. 17. (3).
(2014). Assessing residual visual function in severe vision loss . Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 55. (3). p. 1332-1338.
Opie, N.L., Ayton, L.N., Apollo, N.V., Ganesan, K., Guymer, R.H., Luu, C.D.(2014). Optical coherence tomography-guided retinal prosthesis design: Model of degenerated retinal curvature and thickness for patient-specific devices . Artificial Organs. 38. (6).