A/Prof. JoHN COSTI

Research Section Lead – Engineered Systems
Sub-discipline Lead – Biomedical Engineering
Head – Biomechanics & Implants Experimental Research Group, The Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI)
Director, Flinders Surgical Lab

Vice President, Scientific Secretary and Board of Directors Member, Spine Society of Australia

Associate Editor, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

John is a Mechanical Engineer who completed his PhD in biomechanics of the intervertebral disc in 2004 at Flinders University. He led a collaborative team to design and develop a novel, award-winning, six degree of freedom hexapod robot that allows for three-dimensional loading of biological joints and tissues. He holds several leadership roles: Vice President and Scientific Secretary of the Spine Society of Australia (2016-, 2020-) and Founder and Director of Flinders Surgical Lab (2016-). John is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering Colleges, 2015-), Fellow of International Orthopaedic Research of the International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (2019-), and was a recipient of the Spine Society of Australia Spinal Research Award (2017, 2019).

His program of research aims to understand the fundamental multiscale properties of normal, degenerated and injured discs, and their mechanisms of failure, and to develop medical devices to treat these problems. He has been working in the field of orthopaedic biomechanics research for almost 30 years.

   


   


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