Saeed Alighaleh

Dr. Saeed Alighaleh is a Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, affiliated with the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (Department of Surgery) and the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI). He also holds a Casual Academic role in Biological Sciences and works as a Senior Product Development Engineer at Alimetry. His research focuses on biomedical engineering, particularly gastric pacing devices and wearable systems for postoperative monitoring.

• PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Auckland (2020)
• MSc in Electrical Engineering-Digital Communication Systems from Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (2012)
• BSc in Electrical Engineering-Electronics from Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (2009)

His research explores gastric slow-wave dynamics, electrode design for gastrointestinal motility disorders, and non-invasive diagnostic tools like body-surface gastric mapping (BSGM). Recent work includes optimizing pacing parameters for therapeutic applications and developing laser-based agricultural sensors.

As an Accredited Supervisor, Dr. Alighaleh guides graduate research in the GI Research Group at ABI. He has contributed to gastric pacemaker design, ventilation artifact suppression algorithms, and energy sector prioritization frameworks, with publications spanning biomedical engineering, gastrointestinal electrophysiology, and agricultural technology.