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Dr Tianruo Guo

Dr Tianruo Guo

Lecturer
  • Ph.D. (Computational Neurophysiology and Biomedical Engineering, 2015), The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052.
  • Master of Philosophy (Cardiac Electrophysiology and Biomedical Engineering, 2011), The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052.
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Hons, Chemical Engineering and Automation, 2007), Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China.
Engineering
Grad Sch: Biomedical Eng

Dr Tianruo Guo is currently a Lecturer of Neuromodulation and an Early Career Academic Fellow with the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, where Guo lead a computational modelling team dedicated to developing virtual nervous systems. His research focuses on studying neurophysiology and neural responses through both electrical and optogenetic stimulation. By integrating advanced computational techniques with experimental neuroscience, Dr. Guo is committed to unraveling the complex mec...
Phone
043/019-8542
E-mail
t.guo@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 1005 Level 1 Bioscience South (E26) The Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA

  1. UNSW Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor 3Rs, 2025-2026 An open-source virtual nervous system (CI-A, $73,231, RG245361).

  2. UNSW Neuroscience, Mental Health & Addiction Seed Funding, 2023 Anti-inflammatory Effects of Abdominal Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Experimental Intestinal Inflammation (CI-A, $39,890).

  3. Industry Grant, 2022-2024 A prototype device for patient-tailored diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (CI-B, Euro€ 450,000).

  4. Industry Grant - Lixi Biological Products Co.,Ltd, 2024-2026 Screening and detection of DNA and RNA molecules based on CRSPR technology: Detecting genetic biomarkers of chronic inflammatory diseases (CI-B, $10,000)

  5. UNSW Faculty Marketing Development and Alumni Committee (FMDAC) Fund, 2024 Collateral for illustrating transdisciplinary impact of biomedical engineering (Lead CI, $48,000)

  6. The Royal Society International Exchanges Award, 2025-2026 Uncovering visual coding of natural scenes in the retina (CI-B, £12,000, IES\R1\241312).

  7. UNSW - Tsinghua Collaborative Research Seed Fund, 2024 Closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (Co-CI, $30,000)

  8. OCSE NSW Research Attraction and Acceleration Program - Conference Sponsorship Program, 2023 EMBC2023 (Co-CI, $5,000)

  9. UNSW - Chinese Academy of Sciences Collaborative Research Mobility Grant, 2020 Developing next-generation neuromodulation techniques for the diseased retina (Co-CI, $5,000, RG192640).

  10. UNSW - Chinese Academy of Sciences Collaborative Research Bridging Grant, 2020 Paving the way for the next generation of retinal implants to treat blindness (Co-I, $50,000, RG192622).

  11. Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme (DAAD), 2019-2021 Developing next generation bionic vision by 2020 (Co-CI, $23,500).

  12. Retina Australia, 2018, Improving the global acceptance of retinal prostheses: Assessing the influence of different stages of retinal degeneration on selective activation of retinal ganglion cells (Co-CI, $39,900, RG181282).

  13. Shanghai Jiao Tong University - UNSW Collaborative Research Fund Seed Grant, 2018 Optimizing the performance of retinal neuroprostheses with frequency modulation and electrical field shaping (Co-CI, $20,000, RG173376).

  14. Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grants, 2018 Optimizing electrical stimulation parameters to improve the performance of retinal neuroprostheses (Sole CI, $6,000, RG181415).

  15. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Travel Grants, 2015 Selective activation of retinal neurons using artificial electrical stimulation (Sole CI, $6,000).

  16. UNSW RIS Research infrastructure scheme, 2025 Olympus evis x1 advanced endoscopy system (Co-CI, $104,000, RG245615).

  17. UNSW RIS Research infrastructure scheme, 2024 A Laser Photocoagulation System for Precision Modelling Retinal and Ocular Pathologies (Co-CI, $104,225).

  18. UNSW RIS Research infrastructure scheme, 2023 Samurai UV Marking/Micromachining System - Desktop Samurai System (Co-CI, $150,000).

  19. UNSW RIS Research infrastructure scheme, 2020 High Resolution Preclinical Suite For Imaging and Functional Mapping of the Retina (Co-CI, $100,000, RG193879).

  20. UNSW RIS Research infrastructure scheme, 2019 High Resolution Preclinical Suite For Imaging and Functional Mapping of the Retina (Co-CI, $351,666, RG182783)

 

 

  • UNSW Faculty of Engineering, Excellence Awards for HDR supervision (2024)
  • Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference (ABEC), Best Poster Presentation Award (2018). 
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences Travel Grant (2015)
  • PhD Scholarship in Excitable Tissue Computational Modelling (2011-2014)
  • UNSW Postdoctoral Writing Fellowship Grant (2014)
  • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Student Paper Competition,Asia Pacific Finalist Award (2014) 
  • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Student Paper Competition, Asia Pacific Finalist Award (2013)
  • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Student Paper Competition, Second Place (2013)
  • Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference (ABEC), Best Presentation Award (2013). 
  • Australian Workshop on Computational Neuroscience, NeuroEng Student Prize (2013). 
  • Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference (ABEC) Travel Sponsorship (2013)
  • Postgraduate Research Student Support Conference Travel Grant (2014)
  • China Scholarship Council (CSC) National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-Funded Student Finalist (NSW division, 2014) 
  • UNSW Dean’s Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research Finalist (2013)

My Research Supervision

The BOLD names indicate students or junior researchers I am currently supervising

 

  •       PhD student:
  1. Kirsty Lee (2025-now, Primary Supervisor)
  2. Keith Ly (2020-2023, Joint Supervisor) - UNSW Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses
  3. Yuyang Xie (2023-now, Secondary Supervisor)
  4. Gabriel Shen, Rosendo (2025-now, Secondary Supervisor) – UNSW Dean’s Honours List
  5. Madhuvanthi Muralidharan (2017-2021, Secondary Supervisor) - EMBS Student Paper Competition, Asia Pacific Finalist
  6. Peijun Qin (2024-now, Secondary Supervisor) – UIPA PhD Scholarship, China-Australia Young Professionals, Stephen Fitzgerald Scholars
  7. Michael Italiano (2021-now, Secondary Supervisor) - Baxter Family Scholarship, 2024 EMBC NextGen Scholar, 2024 Arc PGC Research Student Award Honourable Mentions
  8. Xiaoyu Song (2021- 2024 with SJTU, Mentor)
  9. Zhuofan Lu (2018-2022 with SJTU, Mentor)
  10. Meixuan Zhou (2023-now with SJTU, Mentor)
  11. Zhengyang Liu (2022-now with SJTU, Mentor)
  12. Chih Yu Yang (2017-2018, Mentor)
  •       MPhil student
  1. Saidong Ma (2023-2024, with SJTU, Mentor)
  2. Feng Zhou (2020-2022, with SJTU, Mentor)
  3. Jiao Liu (2022-2024, with SJTU, Mentor)
  4. Ning Wang (2018-2020, with SJTU, Mentor)
  5. Yimeng Ge (2018-2020, with SJTU, Mentor)
  6. Xintong Wang (2023-2024, with SJTU, Mentor)
  7. Wenji Yue (2022-2023, with SIAT, Mentor)
  8. Yike Cai (2022-2023, with HIT, Mentor)
  •       Project thesis undergraduate/postgraduate student
  1. Qihang Lin (2019-2020, Primary Supervisor)
  2. Peijun Qin (2022-2023, Primary Supervisor) - UNSW Outstanding Postgraduate Coursework Student Award
  3. Jackson Cai (2021-2022, Co-Supervisor)
  4. Mingsong Zha (2020-2021, Co-Supervisor)
  5. Jovita Rajesh Deodhar (2023, Co-Supervisor)
  6. Selena Chia (2023, Co-Supervisor) - UNSW Innovation Award for Industry Engagement
  7. Daniel Ng (2022-2023, Co-Supervisor)
  8. Jian Li (2023, Primary Supervisor) - UNSW GSBmE Award for Research Quality, TFS HDR Scholarship in 2025
  9. Rongfeng Wang (2023, Primary Supervisor) - TFS HDR Scholarship in 2025
  10. Ruier Xue (2023-2024, Co-Supervisor) – UIPA PhD Scholarship in 2025
  11. Abarnika Sivasamy (2024, Primary Supervisor)
  12. Ningjia Yao (2024, Primary Supervisor)
  13. Yifu Chen (2024, Primary Supervisor)
  14. Jiawen Han (2024, Primary Supervisor) - UNSW GSBmE Award for Research Quality
  15. Shijie Zhou (2024, Primary Supervisor)
  16. Wenyu Fu (2024, Co-Supervisor) - UNSW Innovation Award for Industry Engagement
  17. Dean Vidafar (2024-2025, Primary Supervisor)
  18. Peiji Cai (2024-2025, Primary Supervisor)
  19. Geliang Zhu (2024-2025, Primary Supervisor)
  20. Feiran Deng (2024-2025, Primary Supervisor)
  21. Haiyu Wang (2024-2025, Primary Supervisor)
  22. Jack Li (2024-2025, Primary Supervisor)
  23. Jie Wen (2025, Primary Supervisor)
  24. Andy Lin (2025, Primary Supervisor)
  25. Yumeng Wang (2025, Primary Supervisor)
  26. Tiantian Liu (2025, Primary Supervisor)
  27. Yi Pan (2025, Primary Supervisor)
  28. Liyunuo Pi (2025, Primary Supervisor)
  •      Practicum exchange or taste of research student
  1. Jinyu Ji (2019, Mentor)
  2. Alexander Epps (2023-2024, Mentor)
  • Postdoc:
  1. Dr Keith Ly (2022-2023)
  2. Dr Yang Liu (2024-now)
  3. Dr Laicong Qiao (2022)
  4. Dr Madhuvanthi Muralidharan (2021-2022)
  5. Dr Chih Yu Yang (2018)
  6. Dr Heng Li (with SJTU, 2022-now)
  • Professional Staff:
  1. Marija Kordanovski (2022-2023)
  2. Wenxian Tang (2023)
  3. Yanan Huang (2022-2023)
  4. Laicong Qiao (2023)
  5. Sixiao Li (2023-now)
  6. Jonathan Williams (2023-now)
  7. Peiji Deng (2024)
  8. Priyanka Kuriakose (2024)

My Teaching

Replicating the wisdom from ancient literature in my lecture, showcases how vagus nerve stimulation interacts with biology and treats health issues

  • Course Coordinator

  1. BIOM9610 Bioelectronics and Physiological Measurement, UNSW (2025 - now)
  2. BIOM9701 Modelling Organs, Tissues and Devices, UNSW (2024 - now)
  3. BIOM9020/9021/9914 BIOM Postgraduate Thesis, UNSW (2022 - now)
  • Instructor
  1. “Electrical Signals in Human Body”, Clinical Laboratory Science - BIOM9420, UNSW (2024 - now)
  2. “Computational Modelling of Bionics”, Bionics and Neuromodulation - BIOM9660, UNSW (2017 – 2023)
  3. “Excitable Tissue, Biopotentials and Electrodes”, Biomedical Instrumentation - BIOM9640, UNSW (2019 - 2023)
  4. "Computational Neurophysiology", Engineering in Medicine and Biology - BIOM1010 (2016)
  • Guest Lecture
  1. “Visual Prostheses”, Neural Engineering - BME468, University of Rhode Island, US (2017 - now)
  2. “Bio-signals and Physical Equivalence”, Advancements in Biomedical Engineering-MM6124, University of Hong Kong (2024-now)
  3. “Computational Modelling in Therapeutic Devices”, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering I - BME3001, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2021)