Team

VIRGILIO VALENTE
Principal Investigator
Research area: Integrated CMOS-MEMS wireless sensors and systems for medical applications.

NARJES ALLAHRABBI
Postdoc (2024 – 2026)
Research area: Microfluidic platform for home-based male fertility analysis

HANIEH ASHRAFIRAD
PhD Student (2021 – )
Research area: Ultra-low-power CMOS circuits for mm-scale wireless sensors.

SIMA DARBASI
PhD Student (2022 – )
Research area: Multimodal CMOS-MEMS sensors for medical implants

KANHCHANA LY
PhD Student (2025- )
Project: Piezo-haptics for wearable gait rehabilitation devices

IRENE MIAH
MASc Student (2023 – )
Project: Glass-based microneedle device for continuous monitoring of inflammation

QUENTIN CURRIER-MORITSUGU
MASc Student (2023 – )
Project: Dual-parameter MEMS LC sensor

SAM SORRENTI
MASc Student (2024 – )
Project: In-pixel analog-to-time converter for time-based CMOS MEAs

SAAD AHMED
Research Assistant (2025 -)
Project: Development of a gravity-based microfluidic device for sperm analysis

ROMINA ARABI
MEng Student (2025 -)
Project:  Development of a 3D foot/ankle model for gait rehabilitation

AYAAN MOHAMED
Leacross Women-in-STEM RA (2025)
Project:  Microneedle wearable patch for ischaemia monitoring

LOW KEAT LIN
SEED Visiting Student (2025)
Project:  Time-based arithmetic units for low power sensor signal processing

PAST MEMBERS

SAAD AHMED | MEng Student | 2024 – 2025 | FEM Modeling of gravity-based microfluidics for sperm analysis
SHAE SMITH | MASc Student | 2022-2025 | Electrochemical performance and aging of PEDOT/PSS-coated electrodes for implantable biosensors
DIEGO DURAN-ARTEAGA | M.Eng Student | 2023-2024 | Glass microfilters for single-cell trapping
SNEH PATEL | MASc Student (co-supervised with Dr. Marco Antoniades) | 2022-2024 | Modeling of MEMS inductive pressure sensors
NOAH BECKER | Visiting MASc Student Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences | 2024 | Tuned amplifier for dual-parameter LC sensors
KIRILL PUSTOVETOV | Research Assistant | 2022-2023 | Wireless impedance measurement system
MEGAN YIU | Leacross Women in STEM Research Assistant at iBEST | 2022 | Multi-sensor heart patch
SAM SORRENTI | Research Assistant | 2023 | PWM-PPM sensor readout circuit
PRAVIN RAJANAYAGAM  | MEng Student | 2021-2022| MEMS inductive pressure sensor
JOSHUA DEMILL | Research Assistant | 2022 | LC sensor arrays
SHREYANSH ANAND | Mitacs Globalink RA | 2022 | Time-mode impedance analyzer
AHNAF SHAHRIAR | Research Assistant | 2021 | Model of time-based impedance readout
DENNIS GOTTHARDT | Research Assistant | 2021 | Single op amp PWM circuit