Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, QNC 3606
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West,
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
519-888-4567, ext. 38654
win-office@uwaterloo.ca
Marc Aucoin
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Research interests: synthetic biology; virus based systems as novel nanobiomaterials; complex biologies
Melanie Campbell
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Research interests: optical properties of the eye; refractive properties of the crystalline confocal laser scanning; macroscopy
Pu Chen
Professor, Chemical Engineering; University Research Chair
Research interests: targeted drug and gene delivery; interfacial engineering; bio-medical engineering; polymer synthesis; energy storage and rechargeable batteries
Goretty Dias
Associate Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development
Research interests: sustainability assessment of product systems, particularly emerging technologies, and biobased systems
Marianna Foldvari
Professor, School of Pharmacy
Research interests: bio-nanotechnology - novel strategies for improved transdermal delivery systems
Michel Gingras
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Condensed Matter Physics & Statistical Mechanics
Research interests: quantum magnetism, frustrated classical and quantum magnetism, spin ice, random disordered condensed matter systems
Moira Glerum
Professor, Biology
Research interests: mitochondrial biogenesis and myopathies; microfluidics, assembly of cytochrome oxidase
Emmanuel Ho
Therapeutics and Theranostics Leader; Professor, School of Pharmacy
Research interests: Drug delivery and pharmaceutics; Nanomedicine, medical devices, biomaterials; 3D Printing, hot-melt injection molding; HIV/AIDS, cancer, chronic wound healing
John Honek
Professor, Chemistry
Research interests: bionanotechnology, mechanistic enzymology; recombinant DNA and biophysical methods; medicinal chemistry and molecular modeling
Scott Hopkins
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Research interests: velocity map imaging; structure and reactivites of nanoclusters; high-resolution spectroscopy
Karim S. Karim
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate Vice President, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
Research interests: silicon thin-film applied research; microelectronic circuits; device and process development for large area electronics
Mohammad Kohandel
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Research interests: integrative cancer biology, combination of cancer treatments, nano-sclae drug delivery, cancer stem cells, nano-sensors
Anita Layton
Professor, Applied Mathematics
Research interests: integrative kidney physiology, biofluid dynamics, diabetes, hypertension
Zoya Leonenko
Professor, Physics and Astronomy, and Biology
Research interests: biophysics of lipids and lipid protein interactions; application of lipid films in biomedical nanotechnology
Tong Leung
Professor, Chemistry
Research interests: chemical physics; surface chemistry; nano-materials; nano-devices; nano-biotechnology
Peter Levine
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research interests: bioelectronic systems laboratory; CMOS biochips for biomolecular and cellular assays; biodiagnostic devices for single molecule detection
Yuning Li
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Research interests: molecular engineering of polymer/transparent semiconductors for organic electronics (OTFT, OPV, DSC, OLED) and low temp-process conductive inks on plastic substrates
Juewen Liu
Professor, Chemistry
Research interests: functional DNA, biosensors, nanozymes, and biointerface chemistry
Elizabeth Meiering
Professor, Chemistry
Research interests: protein folding, dynamics, function, engineering and design
Patricia Nieva
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research interests: micro and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS); microbotics; biosensors; biomanipulators
Janusz Pawliszyn
Professor, Chemistry; Canada Research Chair and NSERC Industrial Research Chair in New Analytical Methods and Technologies
Research interests: solid phase microextraction; design of advanced integrated instrumentation for sample preparation, separation and detection
Mahla Poudineh
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Research interests: bio-sensing approaches for therapeutics and diagnostics purposes and translating biomedical devices to the clinic.
Roderick Slavcev
Professor, School of Pharmacy
Research interests: novel bacteriophage nanomedicines for the development of novel vaccines; pharmaceuticals and gene delivery systems