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Afshin Abrishamkar

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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  • Assistant Professor
    Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
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BIO

Afshin Abrishamkar is a Research Officer in the Medical Devices Research center at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and an Assistant Professor (status) in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto.

 

Afshin holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the ETH Zurich and completed postdoctoral fellowships at the PSL Université Paris and McMaster University. His multidisciplinary research is at the intersection of microfluidics, biomedical engineering, and material science, and aims to develop new microfluidic platforms for controlled fabrication and processing of bio-inspired advanced materials for health-related and biomedical applications.

 

He is currently working on collaborative research projects with researchers at NRC, University of Toronto, and McMaster University.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor, Status
    University of Toronto, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Toronto, CanadaJan 2024 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Officer
    National Research Council Canada, Medical Devices Research Center, Toronto, CanadaJun 2023 - present

DEGREES

  • Dr. Sc. (Ph.D.)
    ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland2014 - 2018
  • M.Sc. with Distinction (Honor)
    Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland2011 - 2014
  • B.Sc.
    Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran2006 - 2011

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada2020 - 2023
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    PSL Research University, Paris, France2019 - 2020
  • Visiting Student
    ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland2013 - 2013
  • Exchange Student
    Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Timoteo, Brazil2009 - 2009

LANGUAGES

  • Persian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • German
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • French
    Can read and write
  • Portuguese
    Can read

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects
  • Career advice
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Membership of an advisory committee
  • Teaching provision
  • Media enquiries

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