Professor Robert Shepherd is the Director of the Bionics Institute and Head of the Medical Bionics Department at the University of Melbourne.
In 2010 he was appointed as Program Leader of the Preclinical Division of the Bionic Vision Australia national consortium.
He received his Ph.D. in Otolaryngology from the University of Melbourne.
Prof Shepherd’s doctoral thesis examined the safety and efficacy of multichannel cochlear implants and contributed to Cochlear Ltd’s successful FDA approval for the clinical use of a multichannel cochlear implant. Prof Shepherd has held international research appointments throughout his career at the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.; Department of Physiology, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt a. M., Germany; and Boys Town National Institute for Communication Disorders in Children, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Early on in his career he was a mathematics and science teacher, and has continued his commitment to Australian education by teaching undergraduate students and the supervising of 28 postgraduate students throughout his career to date.
Prof Shepherd has authored 169 peer-reviewed scientific papers and invited book chapters, given over 190 presentations at national and international conferences including 82 as an invited speaker and an additional 33 invited community-based presentations. He has been the Principal Investigator on more than $10.9M of research funding including grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Australian Research Council and the U.S. National Institutes of Health. He continues to work closely with industry through research links with Cochlear Ltd. and Living Cells Technologies Ltd.
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FEATURED Journal article
Electrochemical and biological characterization of thin-film platinum-iridium alloy electrode coatings: a chronic in vivo study.
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Credentials
Positions
Professorial Fellow In Medical Bionics
Medical Bionics Department
Member
IEEE
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Australian Neuroscience Society
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International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society
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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
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Neuromodulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (NSANZ)
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The Royal Society of Victoria
Chair Of The International Committee
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Science
Deakin University
Graduate Diploma in Education
State College of Victoria
Diploma of Applied Science
Gordon TAFE