Damian Bailey

Prof. Damian Bailey is Royal Society Wolfson Professor of Physiology and Director of the Neurovascular Research Laboratory at the University of South Wales. His research explores how free radicals and blood flow influence brain health, with applications in stroke, neurodegeneration, and premature brain ageing. He uses unique experimental models ranging from spaceflight and high-altitude mountaineering to freediving and skydiving, and pioneered the first direct detection of free radicals in the human brain. Author of over 400 publications with 14,000+ citations, Damian has received numerous awards and fellowships, and his work has been featured widely in the media, including BBC Horizon. He is Editor-in-Chief of Experimental Physiology, advises the European Space Agency and national space agencies, and collaborates with Bexorg Inc. (Yale) on novel biomarkers of brain function.

Teo received his PhD from the School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, with thesis work focusing on integrating interventional radiology with engineering, providing science to an artwork. He holds a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the same University, as well as a Technical Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore.

His experience with biological sciences came from his postdoctoral training at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland: Lymphatic and Cancer Bioengineering, Swartz Lab) and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN, Singapore: Kidney Tissue Engineering/Biomaterials). He also has six years of undergraduate and graduate teaching experience from Khalifa University of Science and Technology, where he was part of the inaugural team of Biomedical Engineering faculty members.