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Materials Scientist and Biomedical Engineer | https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasvapollo/

Profile Summary

I have a bachelors degree in biomedical engineering with a minor in chemistry. I completed a PhD in physics (materials science) in 2017 and am now working as a principal materials scientist in the medical device industry. I've worked on: 1. Biosensors: glucose, oxygen, and others 2. Neural stimulation and recording electrodes: invasive and non-invasive 3. A wide range of adhesives and joining technologies for both metals and non-metals 4. Medical device design and prototyping, including CAD models, polymer molding, and electronics 5. Failure analysis and material characterization/selection of several different devices and products 6. Custom electrode development for material characterization, sensing, and various research applications Full list of patents and publications: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=v8YiXK4AAAAJ&hl=en

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Medical Device Development
• ☆ Chemistry
• ☆ Surface Science
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Electrochemistry
• ☆ Corrosion
• ☆ Biomaterials
• ☆ Composite Materials
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Biomedical Engineering
• ☆ Microfluidics
• ☆ Dental Materials
• ☆ Biosensors
• ☆ Artificial Organs
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ Medical Devices
• ☆ Medical Device Design
• ☆ Medical Implants
• ☆ Diabetes
• ☆ Cosmetic & Skincare Formulation

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, General Proofreading & Editing

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, Prototyping, Device Fabrication

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).