Professor Elena Pirogova
Details
Department: School of Engineering
Campus: City Campus Australia
elena.pirogova@rmit.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0001-9422-1370
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Professor Elena Pirogova is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering, STEM College, at RMIT University. She founded and established Biomedical Engineering at RMIT University and successfully led the BEng (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering in the capaciity as the Program Manager. Professor Pirogova is an experienced Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) Manager with a demonstrated history of senior leadership (Associate Dean, Discipline of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering) in national and international engineering education (Vietnam, Hong Kong, India and engineering research supported by Category 1, 2 and 3 grants, philantropic institutions and Australian industry in the areas of medical technology and healthcare.
Professor Pirogova's research expertise spans bioengineering (including soft and hard tissue engineering), medical devices, biomaterials, biosignals, machine learning, therapeutic peptides, and the health applications of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation.
She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biomedical Engineering from the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at Monash University in 2002.
Professor Pirogova completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Chemical Engineering, majoring in Electrochemistry, Physical Chemistry, and Colloidal Chemistry, at the Department of Chemical Cybernetics, Faculty of Chemical Technologies, National Technical University of Ukraine (formerly Kyiv Polytechnic Institute), in 1991.
Academic positions
- Professor
- RMIT University
- School of Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 2020 – Present
- Associate Dean, Discipline of Electrical & Biomedical Engineering
- RMIT University
- School of Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- Dec 2018 – 31 Jul 2025
- HDR Manager
- RMIT University
- Discipline of Electrical & Biomedical Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2016 – 18 Dec 2018
- Associate Professor
- RMIT University
- School of Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 2016 – Dec 2018
- HDR Manager
- RMIT University
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 3 Feb 2014 – 31 Dec 2015
- Program Manager, BH069 (Hons) Biomedical Engineering
- RMIT University
- School of Electrical & Computer Engineering (later Discipline of Electrical &Biomedical Engineering)
- Melbourne, Australia
- 3 Jan 2011 – 18 Dec 2018
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT University
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 2011 – Dec 2015
- Senior Research Fellow
- Health Innovations Research Institute
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Australia
- Jan 2009 – Dec 2010
- Research Fellow
- Australian Centre of Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR)
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Australia
- Jan 2007 – Dec 2008
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Australian Centre of Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR)
- School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- Apr 2002 – Dec 2006
- Research Associate
- Monash University
- Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2001 – 2001
Supervisor projects
- Modelling of electro-neural living electrodes for peripheral nerve interfacing
- 2 Apr 2026
- Carbon Fibre Microelectrode Arrays for Three-Dimensional In Vitro Electrophysiology: From Electrode Engineering to Three-Dimensional Skeletal Muscle Characterisation
- 1 Jan 2026
- MyoReactor Technologies for Synthetic Muscle Engineering
- 23 Dec 2025
- Biofunctional Glycosaminoglycans-Based Composite Materials with Algal Pigment: A Novel Approach to Myocardial Regeneration
- 29 Sep 2025
- Bioactive and mechanically reinforced hydrogel implant for in situ cartilage engineering
- 22 Jul 2025
- Engineered 3D Muscle Constructs
- 12 Jun 2025
- A Customisable LED System for Standardised Photobiomodulation Research Using Advanced Skin Modelling
- 26 Feb 2025
- Autologous Constructs for Muscle Engineering and Repair
- 3 Feb 2025
- 3D printed diamond/titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) laser-consolidated composite for orthopaedic and dental applications
- 10 Jan 2024
- Investigation of the mechanisms of action of RRM designed therapeutic peptides on cellular pathways.
- 24 Apr 2023
- Fabrication of an in vitro Skin Model Aimed at Cosmetic Testing Applications
- 1 May 2021
- Investigating potential cellular targets for therapeutic peptides designed using the Resonant Recognition Model (RRM): Focus on RRM-TNF peptide as an analogue of Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNFα)
- 13 Jul 2020
- Novel Body-conforming Photonic Textile Material for Therapeutic Application of Wound Healing
- 26 Feb 2020
- Microfluidic Models for Analysis of Vortical Flow Patterns in Aneurysms
- 16 Jan 2020
- Creating Tissue-Specific Bioinks: Lessons from Self-Assembling Peptide Macromolecule Hybrids
- 19 Dec 2019
- Microfabricated Platforms for Mimicking the Biomechanics of the Human Cardiovascular System
- 11 Dec 2019
- A Bioengineered Approach to Study The Mechanobiology of Endothelial Cells in Response to Cyclic Stretch and Substrate Stiffness
- 25 Sep 2019
- Negative Printing for the Creation of Osteochondral Scaffolds
- 14 Dec 2018
- Examining Changes in Sensitivity and Functionality of Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Protein Piezo 1 Exposed to Low-Level Radiofrequency Radiation
- 1 Sep 2018
- Error-related Potentials: A Novel Approach to a Real-Time Human-in-the-Loop Robotic Stroke Rehabilitation System
- 10 Apr 2018
- Alternative Microfabrication Techniques for Fabricating Complex Microfluidic Structures
- 1 Mar 2018
- Computational Inference of Trustworthiness in Social Figures through Analysis of Speech Acoustic, Textual, and Visual Signals
- 16 Nov 2017
- Deep Learning Techniques for the Fine Art and Australian Aboriginal Painting Analysis
- 3 Jul 2017
- Computational Speech Acquisition for Articulatory Synthesis
- 1 Mar 2017
- Development of Additively Manufactured Diamond-Coated Scaffolds for Orthopaedic Applications
- 29 Feb 2016
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Stimulation on Bone Fracture-Related Healing Through in Vitro Experiments and Computational Modelling
- 29 Feb 2016
- Combinational Photoplethysmography Based Model for Blood Pressure Measurement
- 28 Mar 2015
- Acoustic Manipulation of Fluids in Synthetic and Biological Porous Materials
- 13 Feb 2015
- Biological Effects of Low Power Microwave Radiation on Proteins and Cells: Modelling and Experimental evaluation
- 17 Mar 2014
Teaching interests
Elena Pirogova has taught and coordinated the following courses:
EEET2247 Enterprise Engineering (UG, 1st year)
EEET2047 Project Management & Entrepreneurship (PG)
EEET2395/2397 Extended Professional Engineering Project 1 & 2 (UG, 4th year)
EEET2346/2347 Professional Engineering Project A & B (PG)
EEET2349/2350 Professional Engineering Advanced Project A & B (PG)
EEET2396/2398 Extended Professional Engineering Project 1 & 2 (PG)
OENG1108 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering and Design (UG, 1st year)
OENG1133 Biomedical Engineering Design & Practice (UG, 3rd year)
OENG1230 Biomedical Engineering System Design (UG, 2nd year)
OENG1167/1168 Engineering Capstone Projects A, B (UG, 4th year, Biomedical Engineering Discipline)
Research interests
Bioengineering; Biomaterials; Medical devices, including microfluidics; Antimicrobial and anticancer therapeutic peptides; Biological effects and therapeutic applications of electromagnetic radiation (PEMF, infrared and visible light, radiofrequency, microwave); Biosignal processsing
