Nikoo Soltan

Research Interests

Biomechanics Spine Spinal cord Biomedical imaging Biomedical Engineering

Ms Nikoo Soltan

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

I am a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering (biomedical discipline). My research involves characterizing the pressure and flow dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the spine with applications to occlusive spinal injuries and disorders. We conduct in vivo experiments which incorporate injury model development, invasive physiological monitoring including intrathecal CSF pressure measurement, and phase-contrast MRI sequences for CSF flow characterisation. 
 
My research interests include neurofluid dynamics and neural tissue mechanics as they relate to traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2026 Research Award Spinal Research Award Spine Society of Australia Australia -
2025 Scholarship Dr Stranks Postgraduate Travelling Fellowship University of Adelaide Australia -
2024 Scholarship NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Canada -
2024 Scholarship Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship University of Adelaide Australia -
2022 Scholarship NSERC Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Canada -
2021 Scholarship Affiliated Fellowships - Master's University of British Columbia Canada -
2020 Scholarship NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Canada -

Date Institution name Country Title
2024 - 2027 University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2020 - 2023 University of British Columbia Canada Master of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering)
2015 - 2020 University of Saskatchewan Canada Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

Year Citation
2025 Soltan, N., Svensson, M. Y., Jones, C. F., Cripton, P. A., & Siegmund, G. P. (2025). In Vivo Pressure Responses of the Cervical Cerebrospinal Fluid in a Porcine Model of Extension and Flexion Whiplash Exposures. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 53(5), 1165-1179.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2025 Soltan, N., Svensson, M. Y., Jones, C. F., Cripton, P. A., & Siegmund, G. P. (2025). Correlating head kinematics and cervical cerebrospinal fluid pressure transients in simulated whiplash exposures. Journal of Biomechanics, 193, 112994.
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2023 Soltan, N., Siegmund, G. P., Cripton, P. A., & Jones, C. F. (2023). Geometric and Inertial Properties of the Pig Head and Brain in an Anatomical Coordinate System. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 51(11), 2544-2553.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC4
2019 Soltan, N., Kawalilak, C. E., Cooper, D. M., Kontulainen, S. A., & Johnston, J. D. (2019). Cortical porosity assessment in the distal radius: A comparison of HR-pQCT measures with Synchrotron-Radiation micro-CT-based measures. Bone, 120, 439-445.
DOI Scopus14 WoS15 Europe PMC5
2019 Soltan, N., Ning, L., Mohabatpour, F., Papagerakis, P., & Chen, X. (2019). Printability and Cell Viability in Bioprinting Alginate Dialdehyde-Gelatin Scaffolds. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 5(6), 2976-2987.
DOI Scopus179 WoS167 Europe PMC116

Year Citation
2025 Imiolczyk, C., Wende, M., Kushwaha, A. K., Xiang, L., Soltan, N., Giessen, H., . . . Li, J. (2025). 3D Printed Encapsulated Microlens for Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography. In M. V. Sarunic, B. J. Vakoc, & Y. Yasuno (Eds.), Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 13939 (pp. 3 pages). GERMANY, Munich: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI
2025 Imiolczyk, C., Wende, M., Kushwaha, A. K., Xiang, L., Soltan, N., Giessen, H., . . . Li, J. (2025). 3D Printed Encapsulated Microlens for Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography. In European Conference on Biomedical Optics Ecbo 2025 (pp. W4D.3). Optica Publishing Group.
DOI
2023 Soltan, N., Svensson, M. Y., Jones, C. F., Cripton, P. A., & Siegmund, G. P. (2023). Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in an In Vivo Porcine Model During Simulated Whiplash Loading of Different Severities. In Conference proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, IRCOBI (pp. 591-593).
2021 Soltan, N., Cripton, P., Svensson, M., Siegmund, G., & Soltan Mohammadzadeh, N. (2021). Validating a Device for Whiplash Motion Simulation in a Porcine Model. In 16th Annual Injury Biomechanics Symposium. Columbus, Ohio.

Year Citation
2023 Soltan Mohammadzadeh, N. (2023). Cervical cerebrospinal fluid pressure in an in-vivo porcine model of simulated whiplash loading. (Master's Thesis).

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