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Christopher Pastras is an Early Career Research Fellow in the School of Engineering at Macquarie University, where he is a member of the Hearing Research Centre. His main research area focuses on the inner ear, with expertise in neurophysiology, biomechanics, and bioengineering. An emphasis on discovery science utilizing animal models has marked his contributions to health and disease research. In 2020, Dr. Pastras was awarded the Garnett Passe & Rodney Williams Fellowship from the University of Sydney to develop novel tools for investigating inner ear function. In 2022, he received the Macquarie University Research Fellowship to uncover mammalian balance function essential for advancing translational devices. His innovative research established a novel in vivo platform to simultaneously measure cellular, neural, and mechanical responses in the mammalian inner ear, utilizing advanced experimental manipulations and morphological techniques. Dr. Pastras supports his research with significant technical skills in programming, instrumentation control, data acquisition, analysis, and mathematical modeling. He currently serves as the Early Career Researcher Representative and Co-Chair of the Early Mid-Career Researcher Grassroots Network associated with the Hearing Research Centre, and he holds an external research affiliation with the University of Sydney.
Macquarie University • Sydney, NSW, Australia
Focused on research and development of novel tools for inner ear function.
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