Dr Dhani Dharmaprani
Casual Academic
College of Science and Engineering
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Dr. Dhani Dharmaprani is a Biomedical Engineer and Future Making Fellow at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML), University of Adelaide, and an adjunct academic at the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University. Her overarching research vision is to transform cardiovascular health through pioneering digital technologies and innovative analytical approaches, including computational cardiac modelling, machine learning/AI, and signal processing.
Dhani is also currently affiliated with the Cardiac Signals Analysis Lab led by Professor Anand Ganesan at Flinders University, and has also recently had the great pleasure of visiting the Personalised Computational Modelling (PCM) lab at Queen Mary University London under the mentorship Dr Caroline Roney, and Professor Steven Niederer at the Cardiac Electromechanics Group (CEMRG) at Imperial College London.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - 2020
Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical) (Honours) - 2016
RESEARCH GRANTS
1. Future Making Fellowship, University of Adelaide 2024
2. CIA on Heart Health Innovation Grant from The Hospital Research Foundation, 2022
2. CIB on MRFF Cardiovascular Health Mission Grant, 2021 (CIA Prof Anand Ganesan)
3. CID on NHMRC Ideas Grant, 2021 (CIA Prof Anand Ganesan)
4. CIA on Tom Simpson Trust Equipment Fund from The National Heart Foundation of Australia, 2020
RECENT AWARDS AND HONOURS
1. Finalist 7News Young Achiever Award (STEM), 2024
2. Finalist SA Woman of the Year (Innovator), 2024
3. Flinders University Early Career Alumni Award, 2023
4. Featured in News Corp's Top 25 Australian Female Scientists national article, 2023
5. Featured in The Advertiser's '21 South Aussies to Watch in 2023' article, 2023
6. Science and Technology's Superstars of STEM, 2023-2024
7. Finalist 7News Young Achiever Award (STEM), 2023
8. Flinders University Vice Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researchers, 2022
9. Women In Innovation Winnovation Awards Finalist for categories of: i) Engineering, ii) Maths & Data, iii) Technology, and winner for 9aths & Data, 2022
10. Fresh Science's South Australian Fresh Scientist, 2021
11. Flinders University Dean (Education) Award for Excellence in Teaching Special Mention, 2021
12. Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Young Investigator Award Finalist, 2021
13. Cardiac Electrophysiology Society (CEPS) Young Investigator Award Finalist, 2021
14. Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health Publication Award, 2019
15. Cardiac Electrophysiology Society (CEPS) Young Investigator Award Finalist, 2019
16. Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) Young Investigator of the Year Finalist, 2019
17. Flinders University 3-Minute Thesis Competition Finalist, 2019
18. 3x Travel Grants
19. Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Heart Rhythm Prize winner, 2018
20. Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) Young Investigator of the Year, 2018
- Atrial fibrillation
- Biomedical engineering
- Cardiac modelling
- Signal processing
- Ventricular fibrillation
Website: https://www.dhanidharmaprani.com/
An animated short video about some of our work
Dhani in RAA SAMove's 'South Australians Driving Change' 2023 article
Dhani in The Daily Telegraph's Top 25 Australian Female Scientists 2023 article
Dhani in The Advertiser's '21 South Aussies to Watch in 2023' article
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