Denis Loiselle

Professor.Denis Loiselle, Department of Physiology and Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Auckland University. MSc Alta., PhD Dal., DipPhEd Otago.

Biography

Professor Loiselle completed a PhD at Dalhousie University prior to a five-year stint in the laboratory of Professor Colin Gibbs at Monash University. He joined the Department of Physiology in 1982 and is a foundation member of the Auckland Bioengineering Instutute. His interest is in the thermodynamics of muscle contraction. His research comprises the design and execution of experiments to test hypotheses concerning the mechano-energetics of cardiac muscle in both the healthy state and during various forms of heart failure. He has developed technology to measure the rate of oxygen consumption of isolated,