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Eihab Abdel-Rahman
Systems Design Engineering, Professor, Associate Chair
Marc Aucoin
Chemical Engineering, Professor, Associate Chair, Operations
[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "Tools and strategies for complex biologics production in animal cells: applications to insect and mammalian cell culture"
[YouTube] January 26, 2011 "Research Profile: Marc Aucoin"
Hassan Baaj
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor, Associate Chair for Research
Jonathan Baugh
Chemistry, Professor, Quantum Information Graduate Program Director
[Waterloo Stories] September 29, 2013 "Waterloo researcher loves the hands-on side of quantum science"
Shahrzad Esmaeili
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Professor
Marianna Foldvari
School of Pharmacy, Professor
[Global Impact] [CBC] April 30, 2018 "Working with gene therapy to treat glaucoma"
[Waterloo Stories] July 5, 2012 "Revolutionary drug delivery"
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"
John Honek
Chemistry, Professor
[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners
Lyndon Jones
Optometry and Vision Science
Research Interests:
- Clinical trial design
- Contact lens performance
- Drug delivery
- Ocular biomaterials
- Proteins at interfaces
University Research Chair
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Vassili Karanassios
Chemistry
Research Interests:
- Micro and nano-analytical chemistry
- Micro and nano samples
- Micro-miniaturization (lab-on-a-chip)
[YouTube] June 7, 2013 "Energy scavenging to power remote sensors"
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"
Kam Tong Leung
Chemistry
Research Interests:
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Green energy: solar cells and hydrogen generation
- Biosensing and environmental remediation using hybrid nanomaterials
- Quantum electronics
- Surface chemical physics
- Ultra-large scale computational chemistry
Peter Levine
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
Yuning Li
Chemical Engineering
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:
Juewen Liu
Chemistry
Research Interests:
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Biomedical diagnosis
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Targeted drug delivery
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Environmental monitoring
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DNA-based biosensors and functional polymers
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Nanomaterials, (gold nanoparticles, liposomes, magnetic nanoparticles, quantum dots, graphene hydrogels, hybrid nanomaterials)
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Bioinorganic / Bioanalytical chemistry
University Research Chair
[Waterloo Stories] February 27, 2013 "Waterloo researcher uses nano-materials to clean water"
Yilan Liu
Engineering
Research Interests:
- Synthetic biology for sustainable development
- Functional probiotics for affordable and preventive health solutions
- Biomanufacturing
- Genetic tools exploring
- Bio-nanoparticles
- Bio-upcycling of mixed waste for sustainable development
- Dynamic regulation of bioprocess
- Biodegradation and Bioremediation
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)
[Google Scholar]
Vivek Maheshwari
Chemistry
Research Interests:
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High Resolution flexible pressure and tactile sensors
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Microbial fuel cells
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Nano electrodes for electrochemical detection
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Flexible Electrodes for bio-interfacing, electrical mapping self-powered devices
- Cell-inorganic composites
- Multi-functional materials and devices
- Wearable sensors
- Composite membranes
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
Kevin Musselman
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Interests:
- Nanomaterials
- Spatial atomic layer deposition
- Photovoltaic solar cells
- Nanoelectronics and sensors
- Electrochemistry
- Connectivity and Internet of Things
- Nanotechnology
- IoT
- Devices
Mahla Poudineh
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research interests:
- Real-time bio-sensing approaches for detection of small molecules
- Microfluidic-based integrated devices for therapeutics and diagnostics purposes
- Implantable micro-devices for cancer treatment
- Circulating tumor cell phenotypic characterization
- Stem cell profiling and characterization
- Translating biomedical devices for clinical use
- Silicon micro-machining for developing bio-MEMS and bio-NEMS devices
Pascal Poupart
Computer Science
Research Interests:
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Machine learning and reasoning under uncertainty (artificial intelligence, computational statistics, decision and control theory)
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Health informatics (assistive technologies, behaviour recognition, smart walkers, Alzheimer’s monitoring)
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Natural language understanding (dialogue management, semantic analysis)
[National Post] May 11, 2018, weighs in on how Google's A.I. personal assistant sparks concerns about future of communication
[The Record] May 8,2018, have ties with a new Montreal sports analytics research lab in Kitchener
[Markets Insider] February 5, 2018 "Borealis AI increases brain power by adding top AI talent"
[The Globe and Mail] February 4, 2018 "How we can leverage AI to bridge academia and business"
[Waterloo Stories] April 12, 2013 "Breaking the fall: Smart walker will help prevent injuries"
Carolyn Ren
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
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
Systems Design Engineering
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
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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
Hamed Shahsavan
Chemical Engineering
Research interests:
- Smart Polymers
- Liquid Crystal Elastomers
- Soft Robotic Materials
- Micro Additive Manufacturing
- 4D Printing
- Surface and Interfacial Engineeirng
Roderick Slavcev
School of Pharmacy
Research Interests:
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Drug discovery, delivery systems and nanomedicine
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Gene therapy, microbial genetics
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Oncology, Antiviral therapeutics design
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Anti-bacterials
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Acne cosmeceutical design
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Phage-based biotechnology
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Viral exclusion systems
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Cosmeceuticals
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Vaccine design (dementia), bacteriophage-based biotechnology, use of coliphages to design and construct vectors for the development of novel vaccines, pharmaceuticals and gene delivery systems, and the identification and application of novel phage genomic anti-bacterial genes with potential phage therapy applications.
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Strategic management in Pharmacy; healthcare reform
Madjid Soltani
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Michael Tam
Chemical Engineering
Research Interests:
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Enhanced drug delivery systems, gene therapy
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Associative polymers for environmentally friendly coatings
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Sustainable nanomaterials (cellulose nanocrystals)
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Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) and stimuli responsive polymeric systems
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Polymer-surfactant interactions
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Magnetic nanoparticles for novel separation processes
University Research Chair
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
Pejoohan Tavassoti
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
- Smart Pavements and Connected Transportation Infrastructure
- Modern Pavement Instrumentation
- Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT/E)
- Advanced Construction Materials Characterization
- Sustainable Materials and Green Construction Technologies
- Recycled Materials Valorization in Pavements
- Application of Nanotechnology
- Enhanced Pavement Design and Performance Prediction
- Application of Artificial Intelligence to Pavement Engineering Problems
- 3D Printing of Cementitious Materials
- Implications of Climate Change for Pavement Design and Assest Management
- Multistakeholder Planning in Pavement Engineering and Management
John Wen
Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering
Research Interests:
- Renewable energy technologies
- Biofuel combustion, biomass gasification, combustion generated particulates
- CO2 capture and storage
- Synthesis, characterization and applications of nanomaterial
- Developing nanothermite and energetic nanocomposites
- EPD fabrication of nanotube and nanowire based electrodes for advanced energy devices
- Engineering thermodynamics
- Energy conversion
Shawn Wettig
School of Pharmacy
Research Interests:
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Gene therapy and drug delivery systems (prostate and ovarian cancer treatment)
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Polymeric nanomaterials, biopolymers
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Novel surface active compounds (gemini surfactants)
[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners
[CBB researcher story] July 21, 2015 "Vectors for gene therapy and improving drug solubility"
Yimin Wu
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research interests:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Materials Interfaces
- Energy Materials
- Solar Fuels
- CO2 reduction
- Ammonia synthesis
- Batteries
- Plastic recycling and upcycling
- In situ Multimodal Characterizations
- Artificial Intelligence
- Connectivity and Internet of Things
- Electronic and Photonic Materials
- Responsive Materials
- Neuromorphic Computing
- Flexible Electronics and Soft Robotics
- Sensing
- Healthcare
- Nanotechnology
Mustafa Yavuz
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Professor, Director, Graduate Nanotechnology Program
John Yeow
Systems Design Engineering
Research Interests:
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MEMS/NEMS
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Nanodevices and carbon nanotube-based sensors for biomedical applications (early disease detection)
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Microassembly and micromirror devices for genetic microarray reading and tissue imaging
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Lab-on-a-chip designs
Canada Research Chair in Micro and NanoDevices [Canada Research Chair Profile]
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
Jung-Ho Yu
Chemistry, Assistant Professor
Norman Zhou
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Interests:
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Microjoining (wire bonding, laser & resistance microwelding, etc.) for medical and electronics applications
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Nanojoining (laser joining, soldering, etc.) for sensing and biomedical applications
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Brazing/soldering (diffusion brazing, ceramic/metal bonding, etc.) for aerospace, automotive and electronics applications
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Welding (laser, resistance welding, etc.) for automotive applications
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials Joining and Processing[Canada Research Chair Profile]
[Office of Research News] May 8, 2018 Waterloo researchers named Canada Research Chairs