Adil Al-Mayah

Research Interests:
- Biomechanical properties of soft tissues
- Integration of imaging and mechanics
- Biomechanical-based image registration for surgery and radiotherapy
- Mechanics and structural applications of composite materials
- Smart devices and sensors
[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "An engineering prospective on Cancer'
Jason Au

Research interests:
- Developing human ultrasound applications to understand more about complex blood flow in arterial bifurcations and venous valves
- Recommending exercise strategies that target cardiovascular dysfunction associated with physical inactivity, looking specifically at 'high-risk' vascular areas
- Developing new uses of ultrasound to diagnose pro-atherogenic blood flow patterns
Chris Backhouse

Research Interests:
- Quantum devices (High and low Tc tunnel devices, nanobiotechnology-based devices)
- Biomedical engineering, MEMS/MOEMS and CMOS integration
- Lab on chip, medical diagnostic and microfluidic devices
- Remote sensing and radio astronomy
Michael Barnett-Cowan

Research Interests:
- Multisensory integration
- Perception and action
- Psychophysics
- The vestibular system
- Virtual reality
[Waterloo News] September 25, 2018 "Virtual reality motion sickness may be predicted and counteracted"
[ScienceDaily] December 15, 2018 "Aging warps our perception of time, study finds"
[Record] October 12, 2017 "Aging slows perception of falls: UW study"
Jonathan Baugh

Research Interests:
- Solid-state electron and nuclear spin based implementations for quantum information processing (QIP)
- Spin qubits in quantum dots
- Low temperature quantum transport
- Nanowires and novel materials
- Coherent control of quantum systems
- Electron and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies
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Infrared imaging technology
[Waterloo Stories] September 29, 2013 "Waterloo researcher loves the hands-on side of quantum science"
Mike Beazely

Research Interests:
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Treatment of neurological disorders (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and mental health conditions including schizophrenia and depression)
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Molecular pharmacology and pharmaceutical delivery
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Intracellular signaling pathways in neurons, and the role of cytoskeletal dynamics in the trafficking of receptors in neurons
Kostadinka Bizheva

Research Interests:
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Biomedical optics
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Tissue optics and spectroscopy
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Ultrafast optics, coherence tomography, sensing, imaging
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Confocal and fluorescence microscopy
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Skin cancer detection
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Melanie Campbell

Research Interests:
- Imaging for Type 1 Diabetes
- Alzheimer Diagnosis
- Imaging of the Rear of the Eye
- Optical Properties of the Eye amd changes in the Eye's Optical Properties
- Two Photon Therapies
- Ophthalmic instrumentation, optical systems, quality and design
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Confocal microscopy and ophthalmoscopy, measurement of refractive error
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Retinal image quality
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Optical effects of refractive surgery, reflections from the retina
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Optical properties of the eye, monochromatic aberrations of the eye
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Refractive properties of the crystalline lens and their changes with growth and accommodation
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Eye-imaging systems for treatment and diagnosis
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Biophysics, bio-photonics, and Vision Science.
[Research2Reality] May 8, 2015 "Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis: Imaging the Living Eye"
[YouTube Lecture] October 1, 2014 "Optics of the Eye as a Window on the Brain"
[YouTube] February 12, 2013 "Melanie Campbell AAAS Profile"
[Waterloo Stories] February 12, 2013 "An early test for Alzhemer's disease"
[Waterloo Stories] January 22, 2013 "Early test for Alzheimer's may rely on the eyes"
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Pu Chen

Research Interests:
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Nano-Biomedical engineering, biochemistry, molecular cell biology
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Colloid and Surface Science (surface chemistry, absorption kinetics, thermodynamics)
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Polymer materials, CO2
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Energy storage and conversion, battery systems and alternative energy
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Drug and gene delivery, genomics
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Lipid bilayer and cell membrane actions
University Research Chair
David Clausi

Research Interests:
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Biomedical and scientific imaging
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Computer vision and video analysis
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Image processing, segmentation/classification
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Multiresolution techniques
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Automated interpretation of SAR (synthetic aperture radar)
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Remote sensing
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Stochastic models
[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners
[The Record] May 8,2018, have ties with a new Montreal sports analytics research lab in Kitchener
James Danckert

Clark Dickerson

Research Interests:
- Fundamental shoulder function and dysfunction
- Creation and validation of mathematical models to predict shoulder demands
- Applications of shoulder biomechanics to workplace injury prevention
- Rehabilitative and preventative strategies for ensuring shoulder health
- Digital human modeling, Computational musculoskeletal modeling
- Ergonomics
- Motion Capture
- Upper limb biomechanics
Canada Research Chair in Shoulder Mechanics [Canada Research Chair Profile]
[Waterloo News] February 19, 2019 "How to make the push-up work for you"
[Waterloo Stories] October 7, 2013 "Reducing shoulder injuries in the workplace"
Paul Fieguth

Research Interests:
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Computer vision, signal and image processing
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Remote sensing
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Intelligent systems and software
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Multiscale statistical modeling
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Societal and environmental systems
[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners
Marianna Foldvari

Research Interests:
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Intelligent drug delivery system design (dermal, transdermal, transmucosal, ocular, and intranasal) for Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Cancer, Immunology (Glaucoma, neural degenerative disorders, HPV, LSIL/CIN I, cervical cancer, Scleroderma)
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Non-invasive drug delivery technologies, biomolecular devices
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Gene therapy, protein, and vaccine development
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Nanomedicine, pharmaceutical development
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Nanotoxicology (nanomaterials, bioimaging, biomarkers)
[Global Impact] [CBC] April 30, 2018 "Working with gene therapy to treat glaucoma"
[Waterloo Stories] July 5, 2012 "Revolutionary drug delivery"
Lora Giangregorio

Research Interests:
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Osteoporosis, fracture risk assessment algorithms, exercise interventions for reducing fracture risk in high risk individuals.
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Bone health and body composition in individuals with neurological impairment due to spinal cord injury (SCI).
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Medical imaging analysis to explore bone and muscle responses to activity or neurologic impairment, and evaluate new methods for image analysis.
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Rehabilitation and quality indicators, and in long term care
Guy Guillemette

Research Interests:
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Regenerative medicine
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Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) structure, function, enzyme processes and the effects on blood pressure, neurotransmission, insulin release, memory storage, immune response, septic shock, atherosclerosis, diabetes, and myocardial and cerebral ischemia.
Peter Hall

Research interests:
- Brain Health
- Social neuroscience of eating
- Social neuroscience of addictions and mental health
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Mobile brain imaging technology
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Neuromodulation techniques
Todd Holyoak

Research interests:
- GTP-dependent phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases
- IgA1 protease family of bacterial proteases
John Honek

Research Interests:
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Methionine chemistry and biochemestry (amino acid methionine and its roles in proteins, cellular pathways and its functions)
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Bionanomaterials, bionanotechnology (for novel drug carriers, molecular foundations for nanodevices)
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Medicinal chemistry
- Enzymology
- Bioorganic chemistry
- Protein structure and function
[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners
Richard Hughson

Research Interests:
- Vascular aging and brain health
- Space physiology research
- Cardiovascular adaptation to exercise
Schlegel Research Chair in Vascular Aging & Brain Health
[Global Impact] April 2019 "A “Second Heart” to strengthen our golden years"
[Waterloo News] June 28, 2018 "AI and radar technologies could help diabetics manage their disease"
[Engineering News] June 28, 2018 "Researchers developing a prick-free glucose monitor"
[RD Magazine] June 28, 2018 "AI and Radar Technologies Could Help Diabetics Manage Their Disease"
[Waterloo News] [CBC News] [Gadgets] May 16, 2018, Co-authors discuss the use of aerobic fitness data from wearable tech to predict illness
[Waterloo Stories] April 19, 2016 "Waterloo science aboard the International Space Station"
[Waterloo Stories] October 8, 2013 "Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield joins University of Waterloo"
[Waterloo Stories] December 17, 2012 "Canadian astronaut takes Waterloo research into orbit"
Lyndon Jones

Research Interests:
- Clinical trial design
- Contact lens performance
- Drug delivery
- Ocular biomaterials
- Proteins at interfaces
University Research Chair
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Karim Sallaudin Karim

Research Interests:
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Low-dose, low-cost x-ray imaging system (e.g. tuberculosis screening)
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Circuit technology, Photon counting circuits for biomedical imaging
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Large area digital medical imaging
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Silicon Thin-film Applied Research
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Device physics
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Amorphous semiconductors and semiconductor devices
[Engineering News] November 12, 2018 "New X-ray technology to be tested on cancer patients"
[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "Bending the cost curve: Building a $1000 diagnostic X-ray imager for scalable and sustainable healthcare"
[Office of Research] "Paving the way for a digital X-ray and health-care revolution"
Jonathan Kofman

Research Interests:
- Biomedical systems & biomechatronics - rehabilitation, assistive devices, intelligent design of prostheses and orthoses, 3D body surface measurement
- Optomechatronics - computer vision (2D and 3D), range-image registration, range-sensing, range-sensor design, vision-based 3D surface measurement systems, optical system design, laser-camera range, sensor design, phase-shifting / fringe-projection 3D surface measurement systems, real-time full-field 3D imaging sensors / real-time full-field 3D surface measurement systems, hand-held 3D imaging sensors / hand-held 3D surface measurement systems, vision-based robot control, vision-based human-robot interfaces
- Robotics - robot teleoperation, robot vision, human-robot interfaces, human-robot interaction, human-guided robot learning, vision-based robot control (visual servoing), human-assistive/service robots
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

Research Interests:
- Classical and visual optics
- Optical system design, science and engineering
- Psychophysics/human factors
- Visual perception, visual optics math modelling
- Biomedical image processing
[CBB researcher story] July 29, 2015 "Image processing to automate early glaucoma diagnosis"
Zoya Leonenko

Research Interests:
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Biophysics of lipids and lipid-protein interactions
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The role of structural changes and physical properties of lipid template in controlling biological processes and diseases
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Biomedical nanotechnology (lipid films, molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease)
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Drug development and delivery systems, antimicrobial peptides in lung disorders
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Fluorescence and atomic force microscopy
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Kelvin probe force microscopy and single molecule force spectroscopy
[Global Impact] May 2018, studying Alzheimer's at a molecular level to find a cure
[YouTube Lecture] October 1, 2014 "Scanning probe microscopy in biomedical research"
Peter Levine

Research Interests:
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Integrated microsystems for clinical and environmental monitoring
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Combining complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits with novel materials, structures, or devices to enable non-traditional life science and bio-diagnostic applications
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CMOS-integrated biochemical assays
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Semiconductor integrated circuits and sensors, design and test of 3D integrated circuits
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Micro/nano fabrication, lab-on-a-chip devices
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Electrochemical biosensors
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Electrophysiology
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DNA sequencing
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Image sensors
Ming Li

Research Interests:
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Bioinformatics tools (protein structures, genome mapping, conducting homology searches)
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Protein structure prediction, and automated NMR protein structure determination
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Stem cell image recognition
- Deep learning, natural language processing and automated conversation, AI
Canada Research Chair in Bioinformatics [Canada Research Chair Profile]
The Royal Society of Canada Fellow
[Waterloo Stories] April 5, 2013 "RSVP: Responding to a need"
[Waterloo Stories] July 6, 2012 "Solving life's big issues, one question at a time"
Yuning Li

Research Interests:
Development of organic materials and nanomaterials for printed and organic optical and electronic devices
- Environmentally stable polymer semiconductors for biological and chemical sensors in applications in smart food packaging, health care devices, wearable electronics, etc.
- Polymers derived from biologically active compounds for biological and biochemical sensors
- Electrically highly conductive polymers for thermoelectrics, batteries, and solar cells
- Low-temperature processable metal nanoparticle conductive inks
- P-type and n-type high charge carrier mobility small molecules and p-conjugated polymers for organic field effect transistors, which have applications in RFIDs and displays
- Novel synthetic chemistry for conjugated polymers
- Single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene
Design, fabrication, and characterization of organic electronics
- Chemical/biosensors
- Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) or organic filed effect transistors (OTFTs)
- Small molecule and polymer bulk-heterojunction photovoltaics (OPV) (solar cells)
- Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC)
- Perovskite solar cells
- Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)
- Photodiode and phototransistor based organic/polymer photodetectors
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Nima Maftoon

Research Interests:
- Medical device and diagnostic development for hearing and hearing loss
- Audiology and Otolaryngology
- Acoustic, Vibration, physiological and cadaveric measurements, animal models
- Aging, Biomechanics
Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens

Bill McIlroy

Research Interests:
- Neuroscience and neurological disorders
- Balance, gait, exercise
- Aging
- Understanding how the brain and other parts of the central nervous system control movements of the body
- Using advanced measurements systems to improve recovery time after a neurological injury (such as a stroke) and minimize age-related effects on movement control (such as reducing the risk of falling).
- Electroencephalography and electromyography
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation, magnetic resonance imaging, peripheral nerve stimulation
- Galvanic skin measurement
- Eye-tracker, motion analysis, and kinetic measurement
[Waterloo News] August 19, 2015 "Wearable technologies will improve stroke rehabilitation"
[Waterloo Stories] February 4, 2014 "Finding your way after a stroke"
Stewart McLachlin

Research interests:
- Medical devices relating to orthopaedic surgery
- Aging, biomechanics, personalized medicine, virtual reality, wearable devices, surgical navigation
- 3D printing/additive manufacturing, actuators, computational modelling, imaging, medical devices
Katja Mombaur

Research Interests:
- design and control of spinal exoskeletons for he prevention of back pain
- development of assistive robotic devices to increase mobility of older person
- design studies of lower limb exoskeletons
Patricia Nieva

Research Interests:
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Point-of-care diagnostic systems and monitoring (healthcare, wearable technology, sensors and devices)
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Biosensors - Protein sensor for Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and point-of-care medical diagnostics (biomarkers)
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Hybrid and electric vehicles (lithium ion batteries, power management, energy storage, sensors)
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Micro-electromechanical systems/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) for harsh environments (automotive, aerospace, turbomachinery, oil-well/logging, nuclear power, communications)
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MEMS/NEMS, nanomaterials, biosensors, devices, biomanipulators, biosystems, packaging, microassembly
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Micropower generation, microfabrication, self-contained integrated microsystems
[Waterloo Stories] July 5, 2012 "A tiny machine to predict heart attacks"
[Waterloo Engineering] April, 2015 "Tiny technology to prevent the risk of skipping a beat or worse"
Zhao Pan

[Science Mag] June 6, 2016 "This desert moss can water itself with fog"
[Nature] June 08, 2016 "How desert moss drinks from air"
[PNAS] June 22, 2017 "Cavitation onset caused by acceleration"
Omar Ramahi

Research Interests:
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Biomedical applications of electromagnetics
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Electromagnetic compatibility, interference, propagation mechanisms
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Material measurements, metamaterials and its engineering applications
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Energy harvesting
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Surface and subsurface detection using near-field microscopy
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Electronic packaging
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Photonics
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Radiating systems, theoretical and computational electromagnetics
Bruce Reed

Research Interests:
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Molecular genetics
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Cell and Developmental Biology
- Stem Cell Biology & Cellular Differentiation
- Programmed Cell Death
- Live-Imaging Microscopy
Carolyn Ren

Research Interests:
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Protein and DNA separation analysis towards disease diagnosis and drug discovery
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Biosensing and Devices (bacterial, proteins, fluorescence)
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Living cell analysis and water toxicity testing
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Lab-on-a-Chip technology (point-of-care biomedical diagnosis , chemical detection, protein separation and identification, environmental testing)
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Micro-scale fluid mechanics, droplet microfluidics and nanofluidics
- High Throughput Screening For Drug Screening
- Manufacturing Nanomaterials and Carbon Management
Canada Research Chair in Lab-on-a-Chip Technology [Canada Research Chair Profile]
[Waterloo Stories] June 14, 2012 "Creating the tiny future of science"
Parsin Haji Reza

Research Interests
- Early Cancer Detection
- Eliminating Positive Surgical Margins
- Non-contact Biopsies for Endoscopy
- Functional Brain Imaging
- Early Detection and Understanding the Age-related Vision Loss Problems
- Wound Care
- Cardiovascular
- Machine learning/AI
[Linkedin]
Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Research Interests:
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Biotechnologies (sensors, mobile health, biomedical instrumentation, DNA sequencing, pharmaceutical analysis, skin cancer screening, energy harvesting, environmental monitoring)
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Wireless communication systems (RF technologies, antenna, and propagation modelling)
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Emerging RF/Microwave/Millimeter Wave/THz systems, devices, and novel electromagnetic materials
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Computational electromagnetics and photonics
NSERC Research In Motion Industrial Research Chair in Wireless Communications [NSERC Profile]
[Waterloo Record] July 3,2018, highlights the Anechoic chamber in the Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems (CIARS)
[Waterloo News] June 28, 2018 "AI and radar technologies could help diabetics manage their disease"
[Engineering News] June 28, 2018 "Researchers developing a prick-free glucose monitor"
[RD Magazine] June 28, 2018 "AI and Radar Technologies Could Help Diabetics Manage Their Disease"
[Waterloo New] [Engineering News] May 22, 2018, Electrical and Computer Engineering, $12 million awarded to Waterloo researchers
[Waterloo Stories] January 20, 2017 "Smart antennas could “make the world a better place”
[Waterloo News] June 22, 2016 "Developed in Waterloo, now orbiting in space"
[Waterloo Stories] September 13, 2013 "Waterloo opens world-class facility"
[CBB researcher story] December 7, 2012 "Improving Healthcare with Electromagnetic Waves"
David Spafford

Research Interests:
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Calcium channel analysis for target drug delivery for treatment of pain, arrhythmias, angina, and potential benefits in treatment of epilepsy and cancer.
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Structure, function and pharmacology of calcium channels and sodium channels
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Structure and function and analysis of NALCN cation channel and anti-calcium channel toxins
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The Spafford Neurobiology Research Laboratory studies voltage-gated calcium channels, molecular physiology, biophysics, cell biology, protein biochemistry, fluorescence microscopy and tissue cultures.
[Science News] April 25, 2014 "Waterloo discovers a key regulator in the pacemakers of our brain and heart"
Daniel Stashuk

Research Interests:
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Electrophysiological characterization of neuromuscular disorders
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Autonomous and knowledge systems
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Machine perception and sensors
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Image processing and analysis, pattern analysis and recognition
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EMG signal decomposition, simulation and quantitative EMG and DQEMG
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Biomedical engineering
Shirley Tang

Research Interests:
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Nanomaterials, nanodevices, biosensors for applications in food processing, bioreactors and biotechnology, natural gas purification, fuel cell, and water purification
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Nano-Bio Hybrids for Tissue Engineering and Medicine for drug delivery, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
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Bio-molecule assisted nanomaterial self-assembly
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Health and environmental effects of engineered nanomaterials
Ben Thompson

Research Interests
- human visual cortex development and plasticity
- videogames for vision rehabilitation (amblyopia)
- vision loss treatments and rehabilitation
- diagnostics
- imaging
[YouTube] February 13, 2019 "Teaching an old brain new tricks" TEDxUW
Hamid Tizhoosh

Research Interests:
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Big data, computer vision and image processing, health engineering, terahertz imaging, fuzzy image processing
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Machine intelligence, opposition-based learning, pattern recognition
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Medical imaging and analysis (CT, MR, and ultrasound imaging)
[News Medical Life Sciences] June 28, 2018 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
[GRH News] May 31, 2018, "GRH partners with UW researchers and Huron Digital Pathology to create a “digital revolution” in pathology with medical search engine"
[Daily Bulletin] May 29, 2018, $3.7M in funding for AI and medical imaging project
[Exchange Magazine] May 22, 2018, Speaks about “Faster, Better, More Reliable than Deep Features: A Projection-Based, Pathologist-Centric Approach to Identification of Histopathology Images” at the Pathology Informatics Summit in Pittsburgh, PA.
[Waterloo New] [Engineering News] May 22, 2018, Electrical and Computer Engineering, $12 million awarded to Waterloo researchers
[YouTube Lecture] January 21, 2015 "BIG Data, Medical Imaging and Machine Intelligence"
[YouTube Lecture] October 1, 2014 "Medical Imaging: Pixels, Consensus and Learning"
[Waterloo Stories] January 9, 2013 "Making it harder for cancer to hide"
Ehsan Toyserkani

Research Interests:
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Tissue engineering and biodegradable implants for regenerative medicine (3D printing)
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Bio-additive and microscale-additive manufacturing (opto-mechanical sensors, smart structures, developed through additive manufacturing)
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Novel multi-scale additive manufacturing technologies for biomedical, oil/gas and manufacturing sectors
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Laser-based fabrication techniques with particular focus on direct write processes in micro- and macro-scale
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Modeling, sensing and real-time control of laser-based manufacturing techniques
University Research Chair
Canada Research Chair in Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing [Canada Research Chair Profile]
[Office of Research News] May 8,2018 "Waterloo researchers named Canada Research Chairs"
[YouTube Lecture] May 6, 2014 "Additive manufacturing"
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
James Tung

Research Interests:
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Rehabilitation engineering and assistive technologies (gerontology, Osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, fall risk in stroke survivors, and rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury)
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Neuromotor control
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Biomedical signal analysis
[Waterloo Stories] July 8, 2014 "GPS technology may help detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier"
Justin Wan

Research Interests:
- Medical imaging (processing, registration, cell segmentation, tracking)
- Computer simulations (biomedical, brain and soft tissue injury and biomechanics, architectural, remote sensing, natural phenomena, fine arts)
- Computational finance
- Scientific computing (numerical solutions of partial differential equations, iterative methods, and multigrid preconditioning, parallel computation on high performance platforms)
Canada Research Chair in Scientific Computing [Canada Research Chair Profile]
Zhou Wang

Research Interests:
- Image and signal processing, coding and quality assessment
- Computational vision and pattern analysis
- Multimedia communications
- Biomedical signal and image processing
The Royal Society of Canada Fellow
University Research Chair
[Waterloo News] October 5, 2015 "Waterloo Engineer wins Emmy Award"
[Waterloo Stories] February 3, 2014 "Engineering professor awarded prestigious fellowship"
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Thomas Willett

Research Interests:
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Biomaterials and mechanics of biomaterials and tissues
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Bone quality and fragility, collagen
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Engineering of bone mimetic materials for skeletal reconstruction (3D printing)
Alex Wong

Research Interests:
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Biomedical image processing and analysis (prostate, breast, lung and dermatological cancer analysis, retinal photoreceptor and blood vessel analysis, musculoskeletal kinematic analysis
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Remote sensing data processing and analysis (sea ice, underwater object, oil spill analysis)
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Perceptual based video and image processing (noise reduction, compression, enhancement)
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Computer vision and pattern recognition
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Multimedia management systems
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3D graphics and game development
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Cognitive radio networks
Canada Research Chair in Medical Imaging Systems [Canada Research Chair Profile]
[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners
[Waterloo News] [CBC News] [Gadgets] May 16, 2018, Co-authors discuss the use of aerobic fitness data from wearable tech to predict illness
[Waterloo News] May 15, 2018 "Researchers combine wearable technology and AI to predict the onset of health problems"
[Global Impact] [570 news] [Youtube] April 11, 2018 "How AI is helping doctors diagnose Cancer"
[The Star] February 9, 2018 "How TheRedPin aims to take a swipe at the real estate industry"
[Waterloo News] June 7, 2017 "Artificial intelligence-driven imaging research makes diagnosing disease easier"
[Waterloo Stories] January 28, 2017 "Artificial intelligence and the Waterloo-Toronto tech supercluster"
[Waterloo Stories] May 20, 2016 "Breakthrough tech helps doctors more accurately diagnose cancer"
[CBB researcher story] January 9, 2013 "Improving Early Diagnosis to Save Lives"
[Waterloo Stories] January 9, 2013 "Making it harder for cancer to hide"
[YouTube Lecture] October 1, 2014 "Integrative systems for biomedical imaging and analysis"
Alfred Yu

Research Interests:
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Ultrasound imaging innovations: Complex flow imaging, High-performance beamforming platforms, Flow phantom design
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Therapeutic ultrasound discoveries: Sonoporation, Micro/nanobubble cavitation, Wave-matter interactions, Cellular dynamics studies