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"
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:
Bae-yeun Ha

Research Interests:
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Theoretical molecular biophysics and soft matter (chromosomes, polymers, electrostatics)
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Polymer physics for chromosome organization in a cell
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Confined polymers (chain topology, spatial organization, and dynamics)
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Electrostatic modification of lipid membranes
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Physical basis for cell selectivity of antimicrobial peptides
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Polyelectrolytes and polyampholytes
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"
Bosco Leung

Research Interests:
- Design of mixed analog/digital circuits for wireless communication
- Phase noise of oscillator, mixer noise and mixer distortion analysis
Dongqing Li

Research Interests:
- Microfluidics and nanofluidics
- Lab-on-a-chip, diagnostic devices (biomedical, environmental, food safety)
- Interfacial Phenomena
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
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
Sheva Naahidi

Research Interests:
- Bio inspired solar cell technology
- Targeted drug delivery
- Bio compatibility
- Tissue engineering
- Cardiovascular
- Industrial biotechnology
- Sensors
- Polymers
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"
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]
Siby Samuel

Research Interests:
- Simulation & Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
- Novice And Older Driver Training
- Predictive & Conceptual Modeling Of Behavior
- Eye Tracking
- Attention & Cognition
- Perception
- Decision Making
- Aging
- Automotive Human Factors
- Autonomous Vehicles And Connected Vehicles & Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Caregiver Behaviors & Errors
- Assistive & Automotive Interfaces
- Vulnerable Road User Safety (Pedestrians & Bicyclists)
- Motorcyclist Safety
- Special Populations (ADHD & Dementia)
- Traffic Control Devices & Roadway Infrastructure Design
David Yevick

Research Interests:
- Numerical simulation
- Optics
- Polarization
- Electric field propagation
- Guided waves
- Optoelectronics devices and systems
Murray Young

Research Interests:
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Biopharmaceuticals (therapeutics, treatment of autoimmune diseases, prevent rejection of organ transplants)
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Industrial biomanufacturing and biotechnology (fermentation, food ingredients, enzymes, biofuels)
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Environmental management (bioremediation of carcinogenic environmental pollutants, filtration, chromatography)
The Royal Society of Canada Fellow
[YouTube Lecture] September 29, 2014 "Biofuels and Waste Treatment"
[YouTube Lecture] September 19, 2013 "Industrial Biotechnology: Current developments and trends"
[UW Eng-e-news] August 14, 2013 "Engineering Life-enhancing research"
[Waterloo Stories] May 3, 2013 "Can bacteria help create a cheaper fuel for our cars?"
[CBB researcher story] December 6, 2012 "Bringing Bioengineering and Biotechnology to its Fullest Potential"