Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering,
National University of Singapore

• Speaker, Simulation Symposium, 21 Sep 2018

Assoc Prof Leo Hwa Liang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his B.Eng. degree from Leeds University (1996), M.Eng. from Nanyang Technological University (2000),and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology (2001, 2005). Assoc Prof Leo’s research interests lies at the intersection of fluid dynamics and medicine, specifically on cardiovascular engineering and biofluids. He is actively involved in the development of various novel medical devices, such as drug screening perfusion platform, artificial liver assist devices, mitral percutaneous heart valves, carotid stents, and left ventricle assist devices. Since 2009, through his biofluid mechanics research lab at NUS, he has generated 225 peer-reviewed journal papers, including 97 journal articles, 128 conference proceedings, and given over a dozen invited talks.