Team

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

NARJES ALLAHRABBI
Postdoc. (2024 – 2027)
Research area: Microfluidic platform for home-based male fertility analysis

HANIEH ASHRAFIRAD
Postdoc. (2026 – 2029)
Research area: Dual-mode energy harvesting CMOS chip for wireless leak sensors.

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

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

ROMINA ARABI
Ph.D. Student (2026 – )
Project: AI-driven quantum biosensors

SAM SORRENTI
M.A.Sc. Student (2024 – )
Project: 64-pixel/8-channel dual-mode CMOS MEA and piezoelectric readout

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

NATHAN VU TIEN
M.Eng. Student (2025 – 2026)
Project:  FPGA synthesis of LSTM models for wearable robotics

MARIA SAQUING
M.Eng. Student (2026 – 2028)
Project:   CMOS-MEA system for high-throughput lab-on-chip platforms

MAZEN AWAD
NSERC USRA (2026)
Project: Biodegradable LC sensors

PAST MEMBERS

HANIEH ASHRAFIRAD | Ph.D. Student | 2021-2026 | Ultra-low-power CMOS potentiostat for amperometric biosensors.
ROMINA ARABI | M.Eng. Student | 2025 – 2026 |  Development of a LSTM model of foot acceleration for gait rehabilitation
QUENTIN CURRIER-MORITSUGU | M.A.Sc. Student | 2023-2025 | Dual-parameter MEMS LC sensor
LOW KEAT LIN | SEED Visiting Student | 2025 | Time-based arithmetic units for low power sensor signal processing
AYAAN MOHAMED | Leacross Women-in-STEM RA | 2025 | Microneedle wearable patch for ischaemia monitoring
IRENE MIAH | M.A.Sc Student | 2023 – 2025 | Glass-based microneedle device for continuous monitoring of inflammation
KANHCHANA LY| M.Eng. Student | 2024 – 2025 | Modeling and simulation of a piezoelectric microprobe array for sub-millimeter spatial mapping of tissue stiffness
SAAD AHMED | M.Eng. Student | 2024 – 2025 | FEM Modeling of gravity-based microfluidics for sperm analysis
SHAE SMITH | M.A.Sc. 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 | M.A.Sc. Student (co-supervised with Dr. Marco Antoniades) | 2022-2024 |Modeling of MEMS inductive pressure sensors
NOAH BECKER | Visiting M.A.Sc. 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  | M.Eng. Student | 2021-2022| MEMS inductive pressure sensor
JOSHUA DEMILL | Research Assistant | 2022 | Wireless powering strategies for 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