Dr. Giles is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Victoria. He completed his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Western Ontario (UWO) (London, Ontario) (2004-2009), receiving the CSME Gold Medal upon graduation, before undertaking his doctoral studies in Biomedical Engineering at the UWO and the Hand and Upper Limb Center. As an NSERC CGS funded researcher, he focused on developing a world leading hybrid cadaveric-mechatronic testing system that allowed him and his surgical partners to answer critical clinical questions. In the final year of his PhD Dr. Giles undertook an NSERC funded international fellowship at the Henry Ford Hospital, which enabled him to develop a novel method of tracking thoracic motion in biplane x-ray images, allowing shoulder blade motion to accurately be described for the first time. Dr. Giles defended his PhD thesis in Spring 2014 and was subsequently awarded Western University's Collip Medal for the excellence of his dissertation. After completing his PhD, Dr. Giles moved to Imperial College London (London, UK) to complete his post-doctoral research (2014-2017). There, Dr. Giles developed and patented a novel method to conduct minimally invasive shoulder replacement surgery. In 2017, Dr. Giles accepted an academic position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria where he established the OT&B lab. In his spare time, Dr. Giles enjoys hiking, cycling, English football, reading, and travelling. Google Scholar, ResearchGate, LinkedIn.