Our people
Meet the team, collaborators and international links behind the research and work coming out of TARGET Lab.
Lab members
Primary Contact
Current Students
- Chih-Hsiang Alexander Chan, PhD candidate in Bioengineering
- Zahra Aghababaie, PhD candidate in Bioengineering
- Ashton Matthee, PhD candidate in Bioengineering
- Sam Simmonds, PhD candidate in Bioengineering
- Dr Tim Hsu-Han Wang, PhD candidate in Surgery
- Johan Rickus, ME candidate in Bioengineering
- Peter Tremain, ME candidate in Bioengineering
Previous Students
- Javan Rivers, 2021-2022, Undergraduate (Nursing) Summer Research Scholar, Te Karahipi Raumati i te Rangahau Hangarau Rongoā (Summer Internship in Medical Technologies Research)
- Matthew Savage, 2020-2021, Undergraduate (Nursing) Summer Research Scholar, Te Karahipi Raumati i te Rangahau Hangarau Rongoā (Summer Internship in Medical Technologies Research)
- Johan Rickus, 2019-2020, Undergraduate Summer Research Scholar, Te Karahipi Raumati i te Rangahau Hangarau Rongoā (Summer Internship in Medical Technologies Research)
- Wharengaro Ruha, 2019-2020, Undergraduate Summer Research Scholar, Te Karahipi Raumati i te Rangahau Hangarau Rongoā (Summer Internship in Medical Technologies Research)
- Mikhael Sayat, 2018-2019, Undergraduate Summer Research Scholar
Affiliated Research Networks
Gastrointestinal Research Group, Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Surgical Engineering Laboratory, Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Digestive Health, National Science Challenge on High-Value Nutrition
Gastrointestinal Interactions, Riddet Institute Centre of Research Excellence
Collaborators & international links
- Professor Gianrico Farrugia – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering.
- Professor Samuel Asirvatham - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Heart Rhythm Services; Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering.
- Associate Professor Jon Erickson – Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, USA – Physics and Engineering Department.
- Professor Thomas Abell – University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA – Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology.
- Associate Professor Arthur Beyder - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering.
- Associate Professor Punit Prakash - Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA - Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering.