Education & Employment

• 2023/09-present  Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

• 2023/09-Present  The Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP, part-time), University of Southampton, UK  

• 2022/12-2023/07  Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia (Mentor: Prof. Ewa M. Goldys)

• 2019/05−2022/12 PhD in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering & Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, Australia (Supervisors: Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, Dr Dorna Esrafilzadeh)

Research Grants

• 2025/10-2027/09 Wessex Medical Innovation Fund 2025 (AF06), Wessex Medical Trust, UK.  Solo PI

• 2025/04-2025/12 ECS Pump Priming Fund 2025, University of Southampton, UK.   Lead PI

• 2025/03-2026/02 Industrial Collaborative Grant. Solo PI

• 2024/05-2024/07 ECS Pump Priming Fund 2024, University of Southampton, UK.   Solo PI

• 2024/03-2026/03 International Exchanges 2023 (IEC\NSFC\233339). The Royal Society, UK.   Lead PI

• 2024/03-2025/09 Standard Research Grant (RG\R1\241228). The Royal Society, UK.   Solo PI

• 2023/09-2025/08 Start-up and Seed Fundings, University of Southampton, UK.   Solo PI

• 2023/08 Newton International Fellowship (NIF\R1\231027) awardee. The Royal Society, UK. Solo PI 

• 2022/02 Awarded the Development and Research Training Grant, University of New South Wales, Australia 

Honours and Awards

• 2024 Dean’s Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Faculty, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.

• 2024 Awarded the Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) by the Advance Higher Education (HE), UK

• 2023 Accredited as a Global Talent in Biomedical Engineering, Department of Home Affairs, UK

• 2023 Accredited as a Global Talent in Health Industries, Department of Home Affairs, Australia

• 2023 Best Oral Presentation Award, 13th International NanoMedicine Conference, Australia

• 2022 Best Poster Award, 2022 MRS Spring Meeting, Hawai’i, USA

Teaching

• Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (BIOM1001, 1st year UG )

• From Molecules to Life (BIOM1002, 1st year UG )

• Fundamentals of Cell Biology and Biomaterials (BIOM2009, Module Leader, 2nd year UG )

• Biosensors and Diagnostics (BIOM3003/ELEC3226, Module Leader, 3rd year UG )

• Fundamental Principles of Energy and Power Systems (ELEC6223, MSC)

• Personal Academic Tutor (PAT, 1st-3rd year UG)

Editorial Activities

• Founding Associate Editor of Health Nanotechnology (2024/02-present)

• Guest Editor of RSC Materials Advances for the theme collection “Material and device design for healthcare monitoring and therapeutics.” (2023/09-present)

• Review Editor of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology on “Biomaterials” (2023/07-present)

• Guest Editor of Biosensors for the special issue on “Enzyme-assisted Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) for the ultra-sensitive diagnosis” (2023/02-2023/09)

• Review Editor of Frontiers in Medical Technology on “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices” (2022/11-present)

Talks & Media Highlights

• 2024/06 14th International NanoMedicine Conference, Sydney, Australia (Invited Speaker & Session Chair)

• 2023/11 BRC Science Forum, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, Southampton, UK (Invited Speaker)

• 2023/07 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBC 2023), Sydney, Australia (Invited Speaker & Publicity Committee Member)

• 2023/06 13th International NanoMedicine Conference, Sydney, Australia(Oral Speaker, Best Oral Presentation Award)

• 2022/12 Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP)/Biofocus Seminar, GSBmE, UNSW, Sydney, Australia (Invited Speaker)

• 2022/11 NanoWerk: Dense nanoparticles slow down cells' movements.

• 2022/07 2022 RACI National Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Poster Speaker)

• 2022/05 2022 MRS Spring Meeting, Hawai’i, Honolulu, USA (Poster Speaker; Best Poster Award)

Engagement with Research Associations

Conference Organizers

• Publicity Committee Member, 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBC 2023, July 24-28, 2023, Sydney, Australia)

• Conference Co-Chief Secretary, The 13th IEEE-EMBS International Summer School and Symposium on Medical Devices and Biosensors & The 11th International School and Symposium on Biomedical and Health Engineering (MDBS-BHE 2019, Sep 28-29. 2019, Chengdu, China)

• Conference Chief Secretary, 2018 International Conference of Biomedical Information Perception & Microsystems (ICBIPM2018, June 13-15, 2018, Chengdu, China)

Membership

• Association of Biomedical Engineers, Medical Engineers and Bioengineers (BioMedEng Association, UK) (2024/06-present)

• NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Southampton, UK) (2023/09-present)

• Institute for Life Sciences (University of Southampton, UK) (2023/09-present)

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, USA) (2022/11-present)

• IEEE in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS, USA) (2022/11-present)

• IEEE Women in Engineering (IEEE WIE, USA) (2022/11-present)

• IEEE Young Professionals (IEEE YP, USA) (2022/11-present)

• IEEE Sensors Council, USA (2022/11-present)

• IEEE Nanotechnology Council, USA (2022/11-present)

• Australian Centre for NanoMedicine (ACN, Australia) (2019/05-2023/07)

• Materials Research Society (MRS, USA) (2022/07-2023/06)

• ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP, Australia) (2022/06-2023/07)

• Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI, Australia) (2021/02-2022/05)