Professional Experience

2019 - 2022: Software Engineer, Cisco, Ireland.

2018 - 2019: Co-founder and CTO at ZEG.ai, London, UK.

2017 - 2017: Cohort Member, Entrepreneur First, London, UK.

2013 - 2013: Design Engineer, Powerak Ltd., Sunshine Coast, Australia.

2009 - 2009: Intern Software Engineer, MCS Kenny, Ireland.

2008 - 2008: Intern Software Engineer, Simulia (Dassault Systemes), Rhode Island, USA.

Academic Experience

2023 - Present: Research Fellow, University of Galway, Ireland.

2014 - 2017: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.

2013 - 2013: Research Associate, NUI Galway, Ireland.

2009 - 2013: PhD Biomedical Engineering, NUI Galway, Ireland.

2005 - 2009: BE Mechanical Engineering (1:1), NUI Galway, Ireland.

Fellowships and Awards

• Digital Catapult Machine Intelligence Garage Cohort, Application Co-Author, 2019.

• MSB Network Travel Grant, Co-Author, 2017.

• MSB Network Travel Grant, Co-Author, 2016.

• CRUK Oxford Kickstart Fund, Co-Author, 2015.

• Associate Fellowship - 2020 Science Program, 2014-2016.

• ICHEC Class B Project - Proposal co-author for time on Ireland’s national HPC cluster (500,000 CPU hours), 2011.

• IRCSET PhD Fellowship under the EMBARK initiative (e72,000), 2009.

• NUI Galway University Scholarship for academic performance, 2006 - 2008.

• NUI Galway University Entrance Scholarship for academic performance, 2005.

Honours

• Winner of Mathematical Sciences category, STEM for Britain awards for Early Career Researchers at the Houses of Parliament, 2017.

• 2nd best paper in the established researcher category, RAMI bioengineering section conference, 2012.

• RAMI bronze medal for best overall paper, RAMI bioengineering section conference, 2011.

• Best paper, Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium, 2011.

• Best presentation, NUI Galway CoEI research day, 2010 and 2011.

• Shortlisted for the Young Investigator in Biomechanics award at the Endocardiovascular Biome- chanics Research (EBR) Congress, Marseille, France, May 2010.

• Shortlisted for the Innovative Student Engineer Ireland award (Top 5) and Best Mechanical Engi- neering Graduate in the UK and Ireland (Top 3) at the SET awards 2009.

• Best final year project, Engineers Ireland West division, 2009.

• Frederic Barnes Waldron prize for top mechanical engineering graduate and MCS prize for best final year project in mechanical engineering, NUI Galway, 2009.

Journal Articles

2019

• M.O. Bernabeu, J Köry, J.A. Grogan, B. Markelc, A.B. Ricol, M. d’Avezac, J. Kaeppler, N. Daly, J. Hetherington, T. Krüger, P.K. Maini, J.M. Pitt-Francis, R.J. Muschel, T. Alarcón, H.M. Byrne, Abnormal Morphology Biases Haematocrit Distribution in Tumour Vasculature and Contributes to Heterogeneity in Tissue Oxygenation, In Submission, 2019.

2018

• J.A. Grogan, J.M. Pitt-Francis, P.K. Maini, H.M. Byrne, The Importance of Geometry in the Corneal Micropocket Angiogenesis Assay, PLoS Computational Biology 14(3):e1006049, 2018.
• D.L. Humphries, J.A. Grogan, E.A. Gaffney, The Mechanics of Phantom Mikado Networks, Journal of Physics Communications, 2:055015, 2018.

2017

• D.L. Humphries, J.A. Grogan, E.A. Gaffney, Mechanical Cell–Cell Communication in Fibrous Networks: The Importance of Network Geometry, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 79:498-524, 2017.
• J.A. Grogan, A.J. Connor, B. Markelc, R.J. Muschel, P.K. Maini, H.M. Byrne, J.M. Pitt-Francis, Microvessel Chaste: An Open Library for Spatial Modelling of Vascularized Tissues, Biophysical Journal, 112(9):1767-1772, 2017.

2016

• J.A. Grogan, B. Markelc, A.J. Connor, R.J. Muschel, J.M. Pitt-Franices, P.K. Maini, H.M. Byrne, Predicting the influence of microvascular structure On tumour response to radiotherapy, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 64(3):504-511, 2016.
• E.L. Boland, J.A. Grogan, C. Conway, P.E. McHugh, Computer Simulation of the mechanical behaviour of implanted biodegradable stents in a remodelling artery, JOM: The Journal of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), 68:1198–1203, 2016.

2014

• J.A. Grogan, S.B. Leen, P.E. McHugh, Computational micromechanics of bioabsorbable magnesium stents, Journal of Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials, 34:93-105, 2014.
• J.A. Grogan, S.B. Leen, P.E. McHugh, A physical corrosion model for bioabsorbable metallic stents, Acta Biomaterialia, In Press, DOI:10.1016/j.actbio.2013.12.059, 2014.

2013

• J.A. Grogan, D. Gastaldi, M. Castelletti, F. Migliavacca, G. Dubini, P.E. McHugh, A novel flow chamber for biodegradable alloy assessment in physiologically realistic environments, Review of Scientific Instruments, 34:094301, 2013.
• J.A. Grogan, S.B. Leen, P.E. McHugh, Optimizing the design of a bioabsorbable metal stent using computer simulation methods, Biomaterials, 34:8049-60, 2013.
• E. Birmingham, J.A. Grogan, G.L. Niebur, L.M. McNamara, P.E. McHugh, Computational modelling of the mechanics of trabecular bone and marrow using fluid structure interaction techniques, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 41:814-26, 2013.
• J.A. Grogan, S.B. Leen, P.E. McHugh, Influence of statistical size effects on the plastic deformation of coronary stents, Journal of Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials, 20:61-76, 2013.

2012

• J.A. Grogan, S.B. Leen, and P.E. McHugh. Comparing coronary stent material performance on a common geometric platform through simulated benchtesting, Journal of Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials, 12:129-138, 2012.

2011

• J.A. Grogan, B.J. O'Brien, S.B. Leen, P.E. McHugh, A corrosion model for bioabsorbable metallic stents, Acta Biomaterialia, 7:3523-33, 2011.

2010

• F. Harewood, J. Grogan, P. McHugh, A multiscale approach to failure assessment in deployment for cardiovascular stents, Journal of Multiscale Modelling, 2:1-22, 2010.

Conference Proceedings

• P.E. McHugh, J.A. Grogan, C. Conway, E. Boland, Computational modeling for analysis and design of metallic biodegradable stents, Journal of Medical Devices: Presented at the Design of Medical Devices Conference, Minneapolis, USA, April 2015.
• J.A. Grogan, P.K. Maini, J.M. Pitt-Francis, H.M. Byrne, Simulating tumour vasculature at multi- ple scales, Proceeedings of the 6th International Advanced Research Workshop on In Silico Oncology and Cancer Investigation, Athens, Greece, November 2014.

International Conference Presentations

• J.A. Grogan, J.M. Pitt-Francis, P.K. Maini, H.M. Byrne, Modelling micro-vascular transport in tumours using intra-vital imaging data, Proceedings of the European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB) Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom, July 2016.

• J.A. Grogan, B. Markelc, T.T. Tapmeier, R.J. Muschel, J.M. Pitt-Francis, P.K. Maini, H.M. Byrne, Parameter identification and validation of multi-scale vascular tumour models using imaging data, Proceedings of the IVth International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, Barcelona, Spain, September 2015.

• J.A. Grogan, S.B. Leen, P.E. McHugh, Micro-scale modelling of metals for coronary stent ap- plications, Proceedings of the European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC), Graz, Austria, July

• J.A. Grogan, A. Bobel, S.B. Leen, P.E. McHugh, Bioreabsorbable stents: some recent develop- ments in analysis and design recommendations, Proceedings of the Endocardiovascular Biomechanics Research (EBR) Congress, Marseille, France, May 2012.

• J.A. Grogan, B.J. OBrien, S.B. Leen, P.E. McHugh, A phenomenological corrosion model for biodegradable metals with application in bioabsorbable stent assessment and design, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM), Limerick, Ireland, August 2011.

• J.A. Grogan, S.B. Leen, P.E. McHugh, Modelling and experiments to aid performance assessment of biodegradable metallic stents, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA, October 2010.

• J.A. Grogan, S.B Leen, P.E. McHugh, A phenomenological model of corrosion in biodegradable metallic stents, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC), Florida, USA, June 2010.

• J.A. Grogan, S.B Leen, P.E McHugh, Computational modelling of biodegradable metallic stents, Proceedings of the Endocardiovascular Biomechanics Research (EBR) Congress, Marseille, France, May 2010.

Invited Talks

• Panellist at the Italy for Innovation series in the Italian Embassy, June 2019.

• J.A. Grogan, A.J. Connor, J.M. Pitt-Francis, P.K. Maini, H.M. Byrne, A computational framework for multi-scale vascular tumour growth models, Computational Life Sciences Workshop, RWTH Aachen, Germany, June, 2016

• J.A. Grogan, B. Markelc, R.J. Muschel, J.M. Pitt-Francis, P.K. Maini, H.M. Byrne, Assessing Mathematical Models of Oxygen Transport and Blood Flow in Tumour Micro-Vasculature Using Intravital Imaging Data, Proceedings of the Angiogenesis Gordon Research Conference, Rhode Is- land, USA, August 2015.

Symposium and Workshop Talks

• J.A. Grogan, B. Markelc, I. Rodriguez-Villarreal, T. Alarcon, Pitt-Francis, P.K. Maini, H.M. Byrne, Integrating Multiphoton Imaging, Microfluidics Channels and Mathematical Modelling to Study Vascular Networks in Tumours, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Oxford Annual Symposium, Oxford, United Kingdom, June, 2016

• J.A. Grogan, B. Markelc, I. Rodriguez-Villarreal, T. Alarcon, Pitt-Francis, P.K. Maini, H.M. Byrne, Integrated Intravital Imaging and Mathematical Modelling of Vascular Networks in Tumours, Quantitative Biology in Oxford (QBIOX) Springboard Meeting, Oxford, UNited Kingdom, May 2016.

Teaching Activity

• Inter-collegiate Course Tutor: Mathematical Physiology, University of Oxford.
• Teaching Assistant: Finite Element Methods, National University of Ireland, Galway.
• Lab Demonstration: Dynamical Systems, Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) - Systems Medicine and Mathematical and Computational Biology Modules, University of Oxford. Engineering Computing (Fortran) and Thermodynamics, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Peer Reviewing Activity

• Annals of Biomedical Engineering
• Acta Biomaterialia
• Biomechanics and Modelling in Mechanobiology
• BioMedical Engineering OnLine
• Biomedical Materials Research: Part B
• Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
• Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
• International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
• Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
• Journal of Theoretical Biology
• Mathematical Biosciences
• Materials Science and Engineering B
• Nature Communications
• PLOS Computational Biology
• Scientific Reports - Nature