Kenneth Tran is an Associate Professor and leader of the Cardiac Bioenergetics Modelling research group at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute. His research focuses on using bio-instrumentation, experimentation and mathematical modelling to understand mechanisms underlying heart disease, with a particular focus on diabetic heart disease.

Committee/Professional groups/Services:
2023: Member of the Board of Graduate Studies
2023: Member of the ABI Budget Committee
2023: Member of the ABI Executive Committee
2023: Chair of the ABI Postgraduate Committee
2023: Chair of the ABI Doctoral Examination Committee
2020 - ABI representative on the Medical Sciences Congress organising committee
2019-2023: present: Chair of the ABI Animal Ethics Advisory Committee
2019-2023: ABI Research Committee member
2018-2023: Departmental Graduate Advisor for ABI
2018: Organising committee for the International cellML Workshop, March 26-27, Auckland
2017: Organising committee for the International cellML Workshop, April 10-11, Auckland
2017: Organising committee ABI Research Forum, Feb 23, Auckland
2015: Organising committee for the International cellML Workshop, April 8-10, Auckland

Qualifications:
BE(Hons) PhD

Areas of Expertise:
- Cardiac mechano-energetics
- Cardiac bioinstrumentation
- Experimental physiology
- Computational modelling
- Cardiac electrophysiology