Peter Lee
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Melbourne
Dr Peter Lee is a Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He was the Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for Medical Implant Technologies, an extensive industry-university-hospital partnership to train interdisciplinary engineers in biomechanics, materials, and manufacturing for the medical implant industry. He now leads a new ARC Training Centre for Transformative Health Sensing Technologies on advancing wearables and smart implant technologies. Dr Lee's overarching research goals are to better understand the behaviour of biological cells, tissues, and the musculoskeletal system under mechanical forces. He has established the Cell and Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory and the Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) Laboratory at the University. He has authored more than 160 publications. He was a Member of the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration Advisory Committee on Medical Devices and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (Springer Nature).