Associate Professor Damia Mawad

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Dr. Mawad has been appointed a lecturer at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW Australia in August 2015 after completing her Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship in Imperial College London, UK. From 2008 to 2012, she was a Research Fellow at the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), University of Wollongong.

Her research interests are in polymeric bioelectronics applied in tissue engineering. Current projects include:

Enhancing the electronic stability of conducting polymers in physiological conditions by tailoring the chemistry of conjugated polymers and developing fabrication techniques that allow the dopant to be retained in the matrix.
3D electroactive scaffolds for cell seeding, proliferation and differentiation.
Sutureless conductive patches for cardiac regeneration with micropatterned surfaces for cell alignment and photo-adhesion to tissue
Investigations of the effect of electrically bio stable conjugated systems on the electro-physiology of electro-responsive tissues.
Development of conjugated nanoparticles for photo-thermal therapy and on-demand drug delivery.
3D printing of biological scaffolds.

Phone

+61293856642

E-mail

damia.mawad@unsw.edu.au

Location

Room 246, Building E10

Book Chapters | 2016

Mawad D; Lauto A; Wallace GG, 2016, 'Conductive Polymer Hydrogels', in Kalia S (ed.), Polymeric Hydrogels as Smart Biomaterials, edn. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, SPRINGER INT PUBLISHING AG, pp. 19 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25322-0_2
Journal articles | 2022

Gu M; Travaglini L; Hopkins J; Ta D; Lauto A; Wagner P; Wagner K; Zeglio E; Jephcott L; Officer DL; Mawad D, 2022, 'Molecular design of an electropolymerized copolymer with carboxylic and sulfonic acid functionalities', Synthetic Metals, vol. 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2022.117029

Journal articles | 2022

Hopkins J; Fidanovski K; Travaglini L; Ta D; Hook J; Wagner P; Wagner K; Lauto A; Cazorla C; Officer D; Mawad D, 2022, 'A Phosphonated Poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) Derivative with Low Oxidation Potential for Energy-Efficient Bioelectronic Devices', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 34, pp. 140 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02936

Journal articles | 2022

Wang Y; Zeglio E; Wang L; Cong S; Zhu G; Liao H; Duan J; Zhou Y; Li Z; Mawad D; Herland A; Yue W; McCulloch I, 2022, 'Green Synthesis of Lactone-Based Conjugated Polymers for n-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202111439

Journal articles | 2021

Amin ML; Mawad D; Dokos S; Koshy P; Martens PJ; Sorrell CC, 2021, 'Fucoidan- and carrageenan-based biosynthetic poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels for controlled permeation', Materials Science and Engineering C, vol. 121, pp. 111821 - 111821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111821

Journal articles | 2021

Baker C; Wagner K; Wagner P; Officer DL; Mawad D, 2021, 'Biofunctional conducting polymers: synthetic advances, challenges, and perspectives towards their use in implantable bioelectronic devices', Advances in Physics: X, vol. 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2021.1899850

Journal articles | 2021

Jephcott L; Eslami M; Travaglini L; Lauto A; Mawad D, 2021, 'A conjugated polymer-liposome complex: A contiguous water-stable, electronic, and optical interface', VIEW, vol. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/VIW.20200081

Journal articles | 2021

Monfared M; Mawad D; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Stenzel MH, 2021, '3D bioprinting of dual-crosslinked nanocellulose hydrogels for tissue engineering applications', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 9, pp. 6163 - 6175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1tb00624j

Journal articles | 2021

Monfared M; Nothling MD; Mawad D; Stenzel MH, 2021, 'Effect of cell culture media on photopolymerizations', Biomacromolecules, vol. 22, pp. 4295 - 4305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00864

Journal articles | 2021

Travaglini L; Micolich AP; Cazorla C; Zeglio E; Lauto A; Mawad D, 2021, 'Single-Material OECT-Based Flexible Complementary Circuits Featuring Polyaniline in Both Conducting Channels', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, pp. 2007205 - 2007205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202007205

Journal articles | 2021

Yan Y; Travaglini L; Lau K; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Ta D; Eslami M; Yang S; Lauto A; Officer DL; Mawad D, 2021, 'Impact of Sterilization on a Conjugated Polymer-Based Bioelectronic Patch', ACS Applied Polymer Materials, vol. 3, pp. 2541 - 2552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c00131

Journal articles | 2020

Amin ML; Mawad D; Dokos S; Koshy P; Martens PJ; Sorrell CC, 2020, 'Immunomodulatory properties of photopolymerizable fucoidan and carrageenans', Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115691

Journal articles | 2020

Eslami M; Zeglio E; Alosaimi G; Yan Y; Ruprai H; Macmillan A; Seidel J; Lauto A; Joukhdar H; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Mawad D, 2020, 'A One Step Procedure toward Conductive Suspensions of Liposome-Polyaniline Complexes', Macromolecular Bioscience, vol. 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202000103

Journal articles | 2020

Ruprai H; Shanu A; Mawad D; Hook JM; Kilian K; George L; Wuhrer R; Houang J; Myers S; Lauto A, 2020, 'Porous chitosan adhesives with L-DOPA for enhanced photochemical tissue bonding', Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 101, pp. 314 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.10.046

Journal articles | 2019

Fidanovski K; Mawad D, 2019, 'Conjugated Polymers in Bioelectronics: Addressing the Interface Challenge', Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 8, pp. e1900053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201900053

Journal articles | 2019

Hoang AP; Ruprai H; Fidanovski K; Eslami M; Lauto A; Daniels J; Mawad D, 2019, 'Porous and sutureless bioelectronic patch with retained electronic properties under cyclic stretching', Applied Materials Today, vol. 15, pp. 315 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2019.02.013

Journal articles | 2019

Hopkins J; Fidanovski K; Lauto A; Mawad D, 2019, 'All-organic semiconductors for electrochemical biosensors: An overview of recent progress in material design', Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, vol. 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00237

Journal articles | 2019

Hopkins J; Travaglini L; Lauto A; Cramer T; Fraboni B; Seidel J; Mawad D, 2019, 'Photoactive Organic Substrates for Cell Stimulation: Progress and Perspectives', Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.201800744

Journal articles | 2019

Morsalin S; Phung TB; Danikas M; Mawad D, 2019, 'Diagnostic challenges in dielectric loss assessment and interpretation: A review', IET Science, Measurement and Technology, vol. 13, pp. 767 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2018.5597

Journal articles | 2019

Ruprai H; Romanazzo S; Ireland J; Kilian K; Mawad D; George L; Wuhrer R; Houang J; Ta D; Myers S; Lauto A, 2019, 'Porous Chitosan Films Support Stem Cells and Facilitate Sutureless Tissue Repair', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 11, pp. 32613 - 32622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b09123

Journal articles | 2019

Sliow A; Ma Z; Gargiulo G; Mahns D; Mawad D; Breen P; Stoodley M; Houang J; Kuchel R; Tettamanzi GC; Tilley RD; Frost SJ; Morley J; Longo L; Lauto A, 2019, 'Stimulation and Repair of Peripheral Nerves Using Bioadhesive Graft-Antenna', Advanced Science, vol. 6, pp. 1801212 - 1801212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201801212

Journal articles | 2019

Wang Y; Zeglio E; Liao H; Xu J; Liu F; Li Z; Maria IP; Mawad D; Herland A; Mcculloch I; Yue W, 2019, 'Hybrid Alkyl-Ethylene Glycol Side Chains Enhance Substrate Adhesion and Operational Stability in Accumulation Mode Organic Electrochemical Transistors', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 31, pp. 9797 - 9806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b03798

Journal articles | 2019

Zaidi Z; Mawad D; Crosky A, 2019, 'Soil Biodegradation of Unidirectional Polyhydroxybutyrate-Co-Valerate (PHBV) Biocomposites Toughened With Polybutylene-Adipate-Co-Terephthalate (PBAT) and Epoxidized Natural Rubber (ENR)', Frontiers in Materials, vol. 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2019.00275

Journal articles | 2018

Cui C; Faraji N; Lauto A; Travaglini L; Tonkin J; Mahns D; Humphrey E; Terracciano C; Gooding JJ; Seidel J; Mawad D, 2018, 'A flexible polyaniline-based bioelectronic patch', Biomaterials Science, vol. 6, pp. 493 - 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7bm00880e

Journal articles | 2018

Houang J; Perrone G; Pedrinazzi C; Longo L; Mawad D; Boughton P; Ruys A; Lauto A, 2018, 'Genetic Tolerance to Rose Bengal Photodynamic Therapy and Antifungal Clinical Application for Onychomycosis', Advanced Therapeutics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adtp.201800105

Journal articles | 2017

Jiang L; Gentile C; Lauto A; Cui C; Song Y; Romeo T; Silva SM; Tang O; Sharma P; Figtree G; Gooding JJ; Mawad D, 2017, 'Versatile Fabrication Approach of Conductive Hydrogels via Copolymerization with Vinyl Monomers', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 9, pp. 44124 - 44133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b15019

Journal articles | 2017

Spicer CD; Booth MA; Mawad D; Armgarth A; Nielsen CB; Stevens MM, 2017, 'Synthesis of Hetero-bifunctional, End-Capped Oligo-EDOT Derivatives', Chem, vol. 2, pp. 125 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2016.12.003

Journal articles | 2016

Frost SJ; Mawad D; Hook J; Lauto A, 2016, 'Micro-and Nanostructured Biomaterials for Sutureless Tissue Repair', Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 5, pp. 401 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201500589

Journal articles | 2016

Mawad D; Artzy-Schnirman A; Tonkin J; Ramos J; Inal S; Mahat MM; Darwish N; Zwi-Dantsis L; Malliaras GG; Gooding JJ; Lauto A; Stevens MM, 2016, 'Electroconductive Hydrogel Based on Functional Poly(Ethylenedioxy Thiophene)', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 28, pp. 6080 - 6088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01298

Journal articles | 2016

Mawad D; Mansfield C; Lauto A; Perbellini F; Nelson GW; Tonkin J; Bello SO; Carrad DJ; Micolich AP; Mahat MM; Furman J; Payne DJ; Lyon AR; Gooding JJ; Harding SE; Terracciano CM; Stevens MM, 2016, 'A Conducting polymer with enhanced electronic stability applied in cardiac models', Science Advances, vol. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601007

Journal articles | 2015

Mahat MM; Mawad D; Nelson GW; Fearn S; Palgrave RG; Payne DJ; Stevens MM, 2015, 'Elucidating the deprotonation of polyaniline films by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 3, pp. 7180 - 7186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tc01038a

Journal articles | 2015

Mawad D; Warren C; Barton M; Mahns D; Morley J; Pham BTT; Pham NTH; Kueh S; Lauto A, 2015, 'Lysozyme depolymerization of photo-activated chitosan adhesive films', Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 121, pp. 56 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.12.008

Journal articles | 2014

Barton MJ; Morley JW; Mahns DA; Mawad D; Wuhrer R; Fania D; Frost SJ; Loebbe C; Lauto A, 2014, 'Tissue repair strength using chitosan adhesives with different physical-chemical characteristics', Journal of Biophotonics, vol. 7, pp. 948 - 955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201300148

Journal articles | 2013

Barton M; Morley JW; Stoodley MA; Ng KS; Piller SC; Duong H; Mawad D; Mahns DA; Lauto A, 2013, 'Laser-activated adhesive films for sutureless median nerve anastomosis', Journal of Biophotonics, vol. 6, pp. 938 - 949, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201300054

Journal articles | 2012

Lauto A; Stoodley M; Barton M; Morley JW; Mahns DA; Longo L; Mawad D, 2012, 'Fabrication and application of rose bengal-chitosan films in laser tissue repair.', Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE

Journal articles | 2012

Mawad D; Boughton EA; Boughton P; Lauto A, 2012, 'Advances in hydrogels applied to degenerative diseases', Current Pharmaceutical Design, vol. 18, pp. 2558 - 2575, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161212800492895

Journal articles | 2012

Mawad D; Stewart E; Officer DL; Romeo T; Wagner P; Wagner K; Wallace GG, 2012, 'A single component conducting polymer hydrogel as a scaffold for tissue engineering', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 22, pp. 2692 - 2699, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201102373

Journal articles | 2012

Viry L; Moulton SE; Romeo T; Suhr C; Mawad D; Cook M; Wallace GG, 2012, 'Emulsion-coaxial electrospinning: Designing novel architectures for sustained release of highly soluble low molecular weight drugs', Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 22, pp. 11347 - 11353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2jm31069d

Journal articles | 2011

Mawad D; Gilmore K; Molino P; Wagner K; Wagner P; Officer DL; Wallace GG, 2011, 'An erodible polythiophene-based composite for biomedical applications', Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 21, pp. 5555 - 5560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1jm10259a

Journal articles | 2010

Lauto A; Mawad D; Barton MJ; Gupta A; Pillar SC; Hook JM, 2010, 'Photochemical tissue bonding with chitosan adhesive films', BioMedical Engineering OnLine, vol. 9, pp. 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-9-47

Journal articles | 2009

Mawad D; Odell RA; Poole-Warren LA, 2009, 'Network structure and macromolecular drug release from poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels fabricated via two crosslinking strategies', International Journal of Pharmaceutics, vol. 366, pp. 31 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2008.08.038

Journal articles | 2008

Lauto A; Foster LJ; Mawad D, 2008, 'Adhesive biomaterials for tissue reconstruction', Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, vol. 83, pp. 464 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jctb.1771

Journal articles | 2008

Mawad D; Foster LJ; Lauto A, 2008, 'Drug-delivery study and estimation of polymer-solvent interaction parameter for bisacrylate ester-modified Pluronic hydrogels', International Journal of Pharmaceutics, vol. 360, pp. 231 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2008.04.032

Journal articles | 2008

Mawad D; Poole-Warren LA; Martens P; Koole LH; Slots T; van Hoy-Corstjens C, 2008, 'Synthesis and characterization of radiopaque iodine-containing degradable PVA hydrogels', Biomacromolecules, vol. 9, pp. 263 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm700754m

Journal articles | 2007

Mawad D; Martens P; Odell RA; Poole-Warren LA, 2007, 'The effect of redox polymerisation on degradation and cell responses to poly (vinlyl alcohol) hydrogels', Biomaterials, vol. 28, pp. 947 - 955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.10.007
Preprints | 2021

Yan Y; Travaglini L; Lau K; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Eslami M; Yang S; Lauto A; Officer D; Mawad D, 2021, Impact of sterilization on a conjugated polymer based bioelectronic patch, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.19.427349

Conference Papers | 2019

Houang J; Perrone GG; Pedrinazzi C; Longo L; Mawad D; Boughton PC; Ruys AJ; Lauto A, 2019, 'A genome-wide screen for tolerance to rose bengal photodynamic therapy and its use in onychomycosis treatment', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2509284

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