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Eihab Abdel-Rahman
Systems Design Engineering, Professor, Associate Chair
Stacey Acker
Kinesiology, Associate Professor
Arash Arami
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Assistant Professor
Jason Au
Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
Mike Beazely
School of Pharmacy, Associate Professor
Zahid Butt
School of Public Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
[Hep Mag] February 23, 2017 "Opioid Addiction Treatment and Psychotherapy Tied to Less HIV Risk in Those With Hep C"
[Smart Sex Resource] July 17, 2017 "Substance use, social disparities and the evolution of HIV/HCV infections in British Columbia"
[Smart Sex Resource] November 5, 2018 "Effect of opioid-substitution therapy and mental health counseling on HIV risk among hepatitis C-infected individuals"
Jordan Cannon
Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
Helen Chen
School of Public Health Sciences, Professor
[Waterloo Stories] July 10, 2017 "Waterloo software improves care for kidney patients"
[CBB researcher story] July 21, 2015 "Data management in Health Care"
Travis Craddock
Biology, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Quantum Neurobiology
David Edwards
School of Pharmacy, Professor
Kelly Grindrod
School of Pharmacy, Associate Professor
[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners
[Waterloo Stories] November 16, 2016 "The opioid crisis: How pharmacists can help save lives"
Emmanuel Ho
School of Pharmacy, Associate Professor
[Waterloo News] February 6, 2019 "Researchers find new treatment for Chlamydia"
[Waterloo News] April 16, 2018 "Developing new way to fight transmission of HIV"
Jennifer Hunter
Optometry and Vision Science, Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Cellular-scale retinal imaging and light safety for the eye.
- Pioneer of two-photon excited fluorescence imaging through the pupil of a living primate eye, which enabled my group to be the first to image translucent primate retinal ganglion cells in vivo.
- First to deploy in vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy of the retina at the cellular scale in living human and non-human primate eyes.
Brian Ingalls
Applied Mathematics, Professor
Research Interests:
- Mathematical modelling in systems biology
- Control theory
- Synthetic biology
[CBB researcher story] August 6, 2015 "Decreasing antibiotic resistance in bacteria"
[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "Model-based design in synthetic biology"
Nikolas Knowles
Kinesiology
Research interests:
- Upper-extremity biomechanics
- Orthopaedic biomechanics
- Osteoarthritis
- Computational modeling
- Imaging
Mohammad Kohandel
Applied Mathematics
Research Interests:
- Integrative cancer biology
- Combination of cancer treatments
- Nano-scale drug delivery
- Cancer stem cells
- Biomechanics
[Waterloo News] June 23, 2016 "Nanotechnology and math deliver two-in-one punch for cancer therapy resistance"
[Waterloo Stories] February 11, 2015 "Study finds new lethal combination of cancer drugs shrinks tumors"
[Waterloo Stories] January 16, 2018 "Math can predict how cancer cells evolve"
Anita Layton
Applied Mathematics
Research Interests:
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Integrative kidney physiology
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Biofluid dynamics
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Diabetes
- Hypertension
March 29, 2018 "Canada 150 Research Chair joins Department of Applied Mathematics"
Zoya Leonenko
Physics and Astronomy
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"
Yang Lu
Computer Science
Research interests:
- Developing machine learning and statistical methods for genomics and proteomics data analysis using interpretable machine learning, reproducible (error-controlled) machine learning, and heterogeneous data integration
- Developing interpretation methods to find scientifically interesting and statistically confident hypotheses from complex biological data from single-cell genomics, mass spectrometry-based proteomics, and metagenomics
Veronika Magdanz
Systems Design Engineering
Research Interests:
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microrobots
- sperm cells
- magnetic actuation
- remote control
- wireless
- soft robots
- medical robots
- bioprinting
- 3D printing
We develop microrobots for medical applications. The goal is to develop more targeted, active, but less invasive strategies for drug or cell delivery with the help of wireless, autonomously moving microrobots. One strategy is to combine biological elements with artificial components in a biohybrid approach. The biological component (cells, molecules) can serve as power source, loading unit or structural unit.
One example is the "spermbot" - a sperm cell remotely controlled with magnetic fields: https://phys.org/news/2014-01-sperm-bots-desired-video.html
Another example is IRONSperm: a magnetically functionalized nonmotile sperm driven by magnetic fields:https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aba5855
Inspired by the motion of sperm, we also develop small scale flexible magnetic robots for noninvasive surgery (coming soon). I am also interested in reproductive biology and research that elucidates reasons for infertility. We look into the mechanisms of sperm migration and some interesting phenomena, such as sperm bundling (publication online soon)
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Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens
Kinesiology
Research interests:
- Aging and neurodegeneration
- Movement disorders
- Gait kinematics
- Neuropsychology and neurocognitive assessment
- Mood, emotion and cognition
- Fear, threat, anxiety and depression
- Virtual reality
Plinio Morita
School of Public Health Sciences
Research Interests:
- mHealth and wearable technology design
- Ubiquitous sensors for smart homes and remote patient monitoring
- Big data and health data analytics
- Technology to support longer independent living
[MaRS] April 26, 2018 "UbiLab team wins Healthy Behaviour Data Challenge"
Natoya Peart
Science
Research Interests:
- RNA Biology
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Genetics
- Developmental Biology
Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam
Systems Design Engineering
Research Interests:
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Application of intelligent systems (hydrology, water resources, decision making in health, control of satellite communications, fault detection analysis)
- Optimization
- Mathematical programming, decision making under uncertainty
- Data mining
Joe Quadrilatero
Kinesiology
Research Interests:
The primary focus of the Skeletal Muscle Biology and Cell Death Laboratory is to study cell death processes (i.e., apoptosis and autophagy) in skeletal muscle. In addition, a major theme is the influence of mitochondrial signaling and dynamics on skeletal muscle development, function, regeneration, and health.
Matthew Scott
Applied Mathematics
Research Interests:
- Experimental biological physics
- Stochastic processes in physics and biology
- Pysiological constraints on bioproduct synthesis
Lab Equipment: Imagestream MkII with 488nm, 642nm and 785nm lasers; 60x magnification
[YouTube Lectures] Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology 2015
Tais Sigaeva
Systems Design Engineering
Research Interests:
- soft tissue
- nonlinear elasticity
- continuum mechanics
- mechanical testing
- uniaxial testing
- biaxial testing
- residual stress
- data analysis
- constitutive modelling
- cardiovascular mechanics
- fibrous micro-structure
- multiphoton microscopy
- heterogeneity
- anisotropy
- layers
- aneurysms
- skin
Madjid Soltani
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Adjunct Assistant Professor
David Spafford
Biology
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"
Shirley Tang
Chemistry
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
Mahesh Tripunitara
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests:
- Computer & Software Engineering
- Information security
- Authorization and access control
- Cryptographic key transport
- Secure payments
- Usable security
- Security and reliability of computer hardware
- Connectivity and Internet of Things
- Cybersecurity
- Application security
- Privacy and cryptography
- Information security
- IoT
- Dependability and security
Justin Wan
Computer Science
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]
Alex Wong
Systems Design Engineering
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"
Evelyn Yim
Chemical Engineering
Research Interests:
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Stem cells, nanofabrication and advancement of biomaterials in healthcare technologies to repair, replace or regenerate damaged tissue and organ structures
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Fabrication and application of nano-structure for biomedical applications in neural, vascular, and cornea tissue engineering
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Biomaterial approach to study ex-vivo pluripotent stem cell expansion
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Modulation of cell behavior with nanotopography
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Topography-regulation of stem cells lineage commitment and differentiation
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Differentiation of adult and pluripotent stem cells with nanotopography