Antonia Sun

Dr Antonia Sun is a Researcher at the Centre for Biomedical Technologies (CBT), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), affiliated with the School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering. She holds a PhD from QUT and specializes in developing novel therapeutics for osteoarthritis (OA), focusing on the obesity-joint degeneration link and synovial inflammation modulation.

Her research integrates

• biomedical engineering,
• cellular therapy,
• spatial transcriptomics,
• microfluidic models,
• and advanced imaging techniques

to address OA pathogenesis. Recent work includes investigating iron overload effects on joints, oxygen-controlled microfluidic systems, and extracellular vesicle therapies.

Publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches, such as augmented reality in surgery, lipid metabolic pathways, and biomaterials for osteonecrosis. Collaborations span orthopedics, materials science, and computational biology. No awards are explicitly listed, though her high publication output (over 30 articles since 2016) indicates significant contributions.

As an associate supervisor in PhD projects (e.g., spatial proteomics in OA), she mentors students in translational research. Her lab’s work is foundational for bridging bench-to-bedside solutions in musculoskeletal disorders.