Prof James Fallon
Prof Fallon is our Chief Technology Officer and Head of Research Operations, who first joined the (then) Bionic Ear Institute in 2001, after completing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Monash University.
Prior to this, James completed a Bachelor of Science (Physiology), and a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Computer Science, with honours) from Monash University.
James left the Institute in 2002 to focus on his post doctorial research at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute in Sydney. After completing his research, in 2004, James re-joined the Institute to work as a Research Fellow in the Auditory Neuroscience research program, and was the Lions International Hearing Research Fellow from 2008 to 2010. In 2016 he became a Principal Research Fellow, was appointed Research Director of the Bionics Institute in 2017 and CTO in 2022. In 2018 James became the first fellow to be the recipient of the Diana and Neville Bertalli Research Fellowship.
James was drawn to working at the Bionics Institute as it was an opportunity to utilise both his engineering and physiology skills in an area that could lead to direct patient outcomes. He looks forward to seeing the devices and technology that he has been involved in make a real clinical impact.
James has taken on the role of CTO with enthusiasm, and enjoys providing mentorship for younger scientists and engineers
Image: A/Prof James Fallon (L) and Mr Robert Klupacs
The most enjoyable aspect of my work at the Bionics Institute is the great people I get to work with. Prof James Fallon
