Carl Adrian Campugan
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Biomedicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Carl Adrian Campugan is a PhD candidate under the University of Adelaide-University of Nottingham programme. Joint between the two institutions as a PhD candidate for the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide (Australia) and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom), his research bridges two disciplines in an effort to better understand the viability of modern optical techniques as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for predicting reproductive success. Specifically, his research uses manipulated light, in the form of optical tweezers, to characterize properties of the female gamete or the fertilised embryo. Supported by a transdisciplinary team of world renowned supervisors, he hopes to shed light on how natural properties of cells and their surroundings may act as surrogate objective measures of reproductive health and viability for in vitro fertilisation.
Carl's research involves the use of trapping techniques to detect, assess, and characterize biomechanical properties of the female gamete and the fertilised embryo. A joint student between two universities, he hopes to implement and bridge his understanding of the two schools to determine the viability of optical techniques as non-invasive diagnostic tools. In better understanding its' validity, he hopes that these diagnostic methods may be of use within the clinic to improve reproductive success (i.e. fertility, pregnancy, and child birth rates) with relevance to In Vitro fertilisation.
His research interests specifically lies in understanding how robust non-invasive optical techniques, like optical tweezers, can be implemented within the field of reproduction to better understand the interaction complex flow dynamics of the soft matter that make up cells and their supporting mediums. In addition, using his expertise as a reproductive biologist, he aims to match these microrheological characteristics with fertility rate, pre-implantation embryo development, implantation rate, pregnancy rate, and pregnancy success.
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Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Tagalog Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2018 - 2019 University of Adelaide Australia Honours Degree of Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences 2015 - 2017 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Health Sciences -
Research Interests
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2019 Dunning, K. R., Campugan, C., Tan, C., Mahbub, S., Goldys, E., Thompson, J., . . . Mustafa, S. (2019). Hyperspectral imaging of the early embryo: can it detect chromosome abnormalities and predict IVF success?. In Label-free Biomedical Imaging and Sensing (LBIS) Vol. 10890:108900I (pp. 1-3). online: SPIE.
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Conference Items
2021 Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) and the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation (CRF) PhD Excellence Award
2020 Joint PhD Scholarship With the University of Nottingham
2024
- P/T Teaching Lecturer - MEDIC ST 2501
P/T Teaching Lecturer - Provided teaching, guidance, and demonstration of various anatomical concepts for 2nd year Bachelor of Surgery students. Concepts included, but were not limited to: skeletal structure, muscle origins and insertions, and nerve innervations.
- Demonstrator - ART-RIL
Practical Demonstrator - Provided teaching and guidance of reproductive medicine concepts to 3rd year Medical and Health science students. Covered content included: folliculogenesis, oogenesis, oocyte collection and preparation, oocyte grading and denuding within an IVF clinic.
2023
- Demonstrator - Science in the Park (Wollaton Hall and Park)
Demonstrator – Provided demonstration of various optical experiments to the general public as part of the Optics and Photonics Group (University of Nottingham)
- University of Nottingham assessment marker
Assessment marker - Graded and provided feedback for submittee 2nd year Electronic Engineering assessments
2022
- National Youth Science Forum Outreach Program
Laboratory Practical Demonstrator – Provided introductory laboratory demonstration of basic embryology for 60 Year 12 students.
- Year 12 Work Experience
Supervisor – Coordinated hands-on laboratory experiments for Year 12 student.
2021
- National Youth Science Forum Outreach Program
Laboratory Practical Demonstrator – Provided introductory laboratory demonstration of basic embryology for 60 Year 12 students.
- Year 12 Work Experience
Supervisor – Coordinated hands-on laboratory experiments for Year 12 student.
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