Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology (2010-2012) Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of New South Wales (2010) Master of Biomedical Engineering, The University of New South Wales (2006) Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) The University of New South Wales (2006)

Dr Farrugia's research interests lie in the fields of biomaterials and tissue engineering, through the development and characterisation of biomaterials and analysis of how they interact with various biological environments.

Farrugia BL; Whitelock JM; O Grady R; Caterson B; Lord MS, 2016, 'Mast Cells Produce a Unique Chondroitin Sulfate Epitope', Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry: imaging the spectrum of cell biology, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 85 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1369/0022155415620649 Farrugia BL; Chandrasekar K; Johnson L; Whitelock JM; Marks DC; Irving DO; Lord MS, 2016, 'Perspectives on the use of biomaterials to store platelets for transfusion', Biointerphases: an open access journal for the biomaterials interface community, vol. 11, no. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.4952450 Lord MS; Farrugia BL; Yan CMY; Vassie JA; Whitelock JM, 2016, 'Hyaluronan coated cerium oxide nanoparticles modulate CD44 and reactive oxygen species expression in human fibroblasts', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, vol. 104, no. 7, pp. 1736 - 1746, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.35704 Farrugia BL; Whitelock JM; O Grady R; Caterson B; Lord MS, 2016, 'Mast Cells Produce a Unique Chondroitin Sulfate Epitope', Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry: imaging the spectrum of cell biology, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 85 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1369/0022155415620649 Robinson DE; Al-Bataineh SA; Farrugia BL; Michelmore A; Cowin AJ; Dargaville TR; Short RD; Smith LE; Whittle JD, 2016, 'Plasma Polymer and Biomolecule Modification of 3D Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering', Plasma Processes and Polymers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201500162 Haigh JN; Chuang YM; Farrugia B; Hoogenboom R; Dalton PD; Dargaville TR, 2016, 'Hierarchically Structured Porous Poly(2-oxazoline) Hydrogels', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 93 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.201500495 Farrugia BL; Lord MS; Melrose J; Whitelock JM, 2015, 'Can we produce heparin/heparan sulfate biomimetics using "mother-nature" as the gold standard?', Molecules, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 4254 - 4276, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules20034254 Lord MS; Farrugia BL; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Whitelock JM, 2015, 'Current serological possibilities for the diagnosis of arthritis with special focus on proteins and proteoglycans from the extracellular matrix', Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics: new diagnostic technologies are set to revolutionise healthcare, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 77 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/14737159.2015.979158 Lord MS; Tsoi BM; Farrugia BL; Simon Ting SR; Baker S; Wiesmann WP; Whitelock JM, 2014, 'Synthesis and characterization of water soluble biomimetic chitosans for bone and cartilage tissue regeneration', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 20, no. 38, pp. 6517 - 6526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4tb00531g Farrugia BL; Simmons A; Jasieniak M; Griesser HJ; Poole-Warren LA, 2014, 'Platelet interactions with polyurethane nanocomposites: Effect of organic modifier terminal functionality', Materials Technology, vol. 29, no. B2, pp. B114 - B119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1753555714Y.0000000151 Bock N; Woodruff MA; Steck R; Hutmacher DW; Farrugia BL; Dargaville TR, 2014, 'Composites for delivery of therapeutics: Combining melt electrospun scaffolds with loaded electrosprayed microparticles', Macromolecular Bioscience, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 202 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201300276 Farrugia BL; Whitelock JM; Jung M; McGrath B; O'Grady RL; McCarthy SJ; Lord MS, 2014, 'The localisation of inflammatory cells and expression of associated proteoglycans in response to implanted chitosan', Biomaterials, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1462 - 1477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.10.068 Sarkar SD; Farrugia BL; Dargaville TR; Dhara S, 2013, 'Chitosan-collagen scaffolds with nano/microfibrous architecture for skin tissue engineering', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, vol. 101, no. 12, pp. 3482 - 3492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.34660 Dalton PD; Vaquette C; Farrugia BL; Dargaville TR; Brown TD; Hutmacher DW, 2013, 'Electrospinning and additive manufacturing: Converging technologies', Biomaterials Science, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 171 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2bm00039c Dargaville TR; Farrugia BL; Broadbent JA; Pace S; Upton Z; Voelcker NH, 2013, 'Sensors and imaging for wound healing: A review', Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 30 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2012.09.029 Sarkar SD; Farrugia BL; Dargaville TR; Dhara S, 2013, 'Physico-chemical/biological properties of tripolyphosphate cross-linked chitosan based nanofibers', Materials Science and Engineering C: Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1446 - 1454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2012.12.066 Farrugia BL; Brown TD; Upton Z; Hutmacher DW; Dalton PD; Dargaville TR, 2013, 'Dermal fibroblast infiltration of poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffolds fabricated by melt electrospinning in a direct writing mode', Biofabrication, vol. 5, no. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1758-5082/5/2/025001 Farrugia BL; Kempe K; Schubert US; Hoogenboom R; Dargaville TR, 2013, 'Poly(2-oxazoline) hydrogels for controlled fibroblast attachment', Biomacromolecules, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2724 - 2732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm400518h Farrugia BL; Dawson RA; Brown TD; Dalton PD; Hutmacher DW; Dargaville TR, 2012, 'DEVELOPMENT OF AN IN VITRO SKIN MODEL USING ELECTROSPUN WRITTEN SCAFFOLDS', Wound Repair and Regeneration, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. A57 - A57, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000308945000018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a Farrugia BL; Keddie DJ; George GA; Lynam EC; Brook MA; Upton Z; Dargaville TR, 2012, 'An investigation into the effect of amphiphilic siloxane oligomers on dermal fibroblasts', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, vol. 100 A, no. 7, pp. 1919 - 1927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.33310