Irena Cosic

Professor Irena Cosic is an Emeritus Professor at RMIT University.

Irena has been serving as a referee for a number of international journals including International Journal of Theoretical Biology, Protein Engineering and APSM and is involved in the initiation of the new IEEE Transaction on Tissue Cellular and Molecular Engineering Journal.

Irena chaired the 2nd International Conference on Bio-electromagnetism in 1998. She also chaired a number of track and session at the Annual IEEE EMBS conferences and been an invited speaker at a number of international conferences.


Professional interests:
- Fellow of IEAust
- Senior Member of the IEEE EMBS
- Member of the International Society for Bioelectromagnetism
- Member of the Australian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine
- Co-Chair of the Victorian section of the IEEE EMBS
- Member of New York Academy of Science

Industry colllaboration:
- Telstra (Australia)
- IMMedical Pty Ltd.
- EME Australia Pty Ltd (Australia)
- MEDEC Pty Ltd (Germany/Australia)
- Fairfield Hospital Melbourne (Australia)
- Dynal A.S. Norway
- KTH Sweden

Areas of research and consulting expertise:
- Molecular bioelectronics
- Bioelectromagnetism
- Molecular modeling
- Protein engineering
- Biophysics
- Biomedical engineering
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical instrumentation
- Signal processing
- EEG and ECG
- Telecommunication

Patents:
Hearn M.T.W., Biquard J.M, Cosic I.,. Krsmanovic V., 2001, Peptides Immunologically related to proteins expressed by a viral agent, having a sequence of amino acids ordered by means of protein informational method, US Patent 6, 294, 174.
Krsmanovic V., Cosic I., Biquard J.M, Hearn M.T.W., 1993, Artificial Peptides and Induced Antibodies, International Patent WO 93/17108 owned by Monash University and CNRS France.