Dr Peng Du

BE(Hons) PhD

Senior Lecturer

In: Engineering Science » Faculty of Engineering

Senior Research Fellow

Biography

Peng Du has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Biomedical Engineering and a PhD in Bioengineering, both from the University of Auckland.

In 2011 he joined the Gastrointestinal Research Group at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute as a Research Fellow. The focus of his research is on experimental recording and mathematical modelling of gastrointestinal electrophysiology. In particular, he is interested in using experimental data to reinforce multi-scale simulations of gastric electrical activity.

In 2012 Peng won the Vice Chancellor's Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis. Later that year, Peng was awarded a Marsden Fast Start Grant, and a Rutherford Foundation NZ Post-doctoral Fellowship. In 2013, he received a University of Auckland Early Career Excellence Award.

In 2015, he was awarded one of the prestigious Rutherford Discovery Fellowships.

Research | Current

Peng's current research focus is two-fold.

He is investigating the structural-functional relationship of gastrointestinal electrophysiology.
He is trying to apply non-invasive techniques to record gastric electrical activity.

Project links

Gastrointestinal System

Distinctions/Honours

2015 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship

2013 Early Career Research Excellence Award

2012 Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis

2011 Runner-up, Three Minute Thesis Competition

2010 John Carman Prize, Medical Sciences Congress

2010 Third place, SPARK Entrepreneurship Ideas Challenge

2010 i-Volve Award for Biotechnology Innovation

2009 Top student paper, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference

2007 Auckland Bioengineering Institute Prize in Biomedical Engineering

Committees/Professional groups/Services

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society New Zealand North Section (IEEE EMBS)
Past Secretary of the STRATUS Network for Emerging Researchers

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Paskaranandavadivel, N., Cheng, L., Du, P., Rogers, J., & O'Grady G (2017). High-resolution mapping of gastric slow-wave recovery profiles: Biophysical model, methodology, and demonstration of applications. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 313 (3), G265-G276. 10.1152/ajpgi.00127.2017
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Greg O'Grady, Nira Paskaranandavadivel
Berry, R., Cheng, L. K., Du, P., Paskaranandavadivel, N., Angeli, T. R., Mayne, T., ... O'Grady G (2017). Patterns of abnormal gastric pacemaking after sleeve gastrectomy defined by laparoscopic high-resolution electrical mapping. Obesity Surgery, 27 (8), 1929-1937. 10.1007/s11695-017-2597-6
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Nira Paskaranandavadivel, Timothy Angeli, Greg O'Grady, Leo Cheng
Du, P., O'Grady G, & Cheng, L. K. (2017). A theoretical analysis of anatomical and functional intestinal slow wave re-entry. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 425, 72-79. 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.04.021
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Leo Cheng, Greg O'Grady
Qian, A., Means, S., Cheng, L. K., Sneyd, J., & Peng Du (2017). A mathematical model of the effects of anoctamin-1 loss on intestinal slow wave entrainment.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference. 10.1109/embc.2017.8037411
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/44073
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Shawn Means, James Sneyd
Calder, S., O'Grady G, Cheng, L., & Du, P. (2017). A theoretical analysis of electrogastrography (EGG) signatures associated with gastric dysrhythmias. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, 64 (7), 1592-1601. 10.1109/TBME.2016.2614277
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Greg O'Grady, Leo Cheng
O'Grady G, Paskaranandavadivel, N., Du, P., Angeli, T., Erickson, J. C., & Cheng, L. K. (2017). Correct techniques for extracellular recordings of electrical activity in gastrointestinal muscle. Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 14 (6)10.1038/nrgastro.2017.15
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Greg O'Grady, Nira Paskaranandavadivel, Timothy Angeli
Lin, A., Du, P., Dinning, P., Arkwright, J., Kamp, J., Cheng, L., ... O'Grady G (2017). High-resolution anatomic correlation of cyclic motor patterns in the human colon: Evidence of a rectosigmoid brake. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 312 (5), G508-G515. 10.1152/ajpgi.00021.2017
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/33894
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Greg O'Grady, Ian Bissett, Leo Cheng
Angeli, T., Du, P., Paskaranandavadivel, N., Sathar, S., Hall, A., Asirvatham, S., ... O'Grady G (2017). High-resolution electrical mapping of porcine gastric slow-wave propagation from the mucosal surface. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 29 (5).10.1111/nmo.13010
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/33442
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Timothy Angeli, Nira Paskaranandavadivel, John Windsor, Greg O'Grady, Leo Cheng, Shameer Sathar

Identifiers

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6913-7545

Contact details

Primary office location

UNISERVICES HOUSE - Bldg 439
Level 7, Room 747
70 SYMONDS ST
AUCKLAND 1010
New Zealand