Killian Onwudiwe, PhD
Bridging science, technology, and business to build, transform, and scale healthcare solutions.
Materials engineer · translational scientist · program architect
Selected work
PROJECT 01Translational Cancer Research
I used a range of mechanical characterization techniques on biological cells to distinguish the physical properties of normal cells from cancer cells — from breast to brain — as a route to earlier, physically grounded diagnosis.
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PROJECT 02IPS / BWXT Medical
Leading CQV strategy and execution inside an active GMP radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility supporting isotope-based medical products.
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PROJECT 03Collaborative Translational Research
Collaborated on targeted, sustained-release therapies that pair biomaterials with receptor-specific drug delivery to treat cancer locally, reduce off-target exposure, and help prevent recurrence after tumor resection.
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PROJECT 04Life & MedTech Consulting
Advised on AI-enabled breast-cancer detection — from clinical problem framing through SaMD regulatory pathway, risk management, and verification & validation considerations.
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PROJECT 05Digital Health Platform
Co-founded and lead a digital health platform that helps patients access specialist expertise and enables physicians to securely collaborate around diagnostic imaging.
Explore projectA connected career
Structure, mechanics, and characterization.
Biological materials measured under force.
Mechanical biomarkers and targeted therapies.
CQV and clean utilities supporting cancer medicines.
A career built across disciplines
This is not a scattered résumé. Each stage below was the foundation for the one that followed it, from engineered materials to regulated healthcare technology at scale.
Understanding how structure creates behavior.
Evidence BEng in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering; MSc in Materials Science & Engineering.
Moving from engineered matter to biological systems.
Evidence PhD training in Biomedical Engineering and translational research.
Treating disease as a measurable biological system.
Evidence Peer-reviewed work spanning cancer biology, mechanics, and the tumor microenvironment.
Asking whether disease changes how a cell behaves under force.
Evidence Cell mechanics, viscoelasticity, creep, cytoskeletal structure, and AFM.
Turning a measurement into a diagnostic hypothesis.
Evidence Research investigating malignant and non-malignant cell behavior and heterogeneity.
Turning a physical observation into a diagnostic question.
Evidence AFM, viscoelastic creep analysis, cytoskeletal characterization, and quantitative statistics.
Connecting scientific understanding to decisions organizations can act on.
Evidence Life & MedTech Consulting work across product, clinical, technical, and regulatory considerations.
Connecting clinical problems to intelligent technology.
Evidence Advisory work around AI-enabled breast cancer detection and FDA / Health Canada considerations.
Building a clearer path between imaging and clinical expertise.
Evidence Patient and physician workflows, secure sharing, DICOM, and second-opinion product work.
Making specialist knowledge more accessible through product design.
Evidence MedSecOp product strategy, technical architecture, and working digital health platform.
Making complex work ready for regulated reality.
Evidence $10M+ clean-utilities projects with engineering, QA, CQV, contractors, and client stakeholders.
Coordinating the people, systems, and decisions that create momentum.
Evidence Technical program leadership across regulated infrastructure and digital health product development.
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A concise index on the surface. More depth behind every door.
The full career arc: materials, cancer, diagnostics, AI, imaging, digital health, and execution.
Open chapter →Questions, experiments, findings, and selected publications from cancer mechanics to biomaterials.
Open chapter →$10M+ regulated programs, technical leadership, consulting, and delivery in complex environments.
Open chapter →The principles and perspective behind how I investigate, build, and lead.
Open chapter →Consult, collaborate, build, lead, or explore an opportunity together.
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