Speaker: Declan Bates
Location: Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Galway
Date: Thursday, 10th July 2025
CÚRAM is pleased to host Prof. Declan Bates, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Warwick, for a seminar exploring the potential of digital twins in patient care. This talk will focus on the development of mechanistic and data-driven models and their application to the personalised treatment of patients requiring non-invasive respiratory support.
Prof. Bates received his B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering and Ph.D. in Robust Control Theory from Dublin City University. He began his academic career at the University of Leicester, where he rose to a Personal Chair in Control Engineering by age 38. He later held professorships at the University of Exeter and the University of Warwick, where he is currently Professor of Bioengineering.
His early research centred on robust control methods applied to aerospace systems. Between 2007 and 2012, his team worked on nine international ESA-funded projects, collaborating with major aerospace partners including GMV, Deimos Space, Alenia Thales, and Astrium. These projects advanced verification and validation methods for systems such as hypersonic re-entry vehicles and autonomous rendezvous platforms.
In recent years, Prof. Bates has shifted focus to complex biological and medical systems. His work spans non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation, ICU decision support tools, and synthetic biology. He co-directed the BBSRC/EPSRC Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre (WISB) and the EPSRC/BBSRC Oxford-Warwick-Bristol Centre for Doctoral Training in Synthetic Biology. He has served on UK and international research review panels, examined degree programmes at Imperial College London and Technological University Dublin, and is Associate Editor of Pulmonology.
Prof. Bates is the co-author of Feedback Control in Systems Biology (Taylor & Francis), has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, and secured over £31 million in research funding.
Join us for a stimulating seminar at the intersection of engineering, data science, and patient care.
The event is hosted by John Laffey.
