Akbari, Mohsen

Akbari, Mohsen

PhD

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

University of Victoria

Biography:

Dr. Mohsen Akbari is a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the Director of the Laboratory for Innovations in Microengineering (LiME) at the University of Victoria. Dr. Akbari obtained his Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University and received postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is the recipient of several awards and recognitions, including the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Emerging Technology Award, Keston Award, membership of the College of New Scholars at the Royal Society of Canada, Lifetime Fellow of the International Association for Advanced Materials (IAAM), Scientist Medal from IAAM, Faculty of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Idea to Commercialization Award, NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, BC Innovation Council Research Award, Kaiser Foundation Award, and recognized as a Canadian Rising Star in Global Health by Grand Challenges Canada. Dr. Akbari is on the editorial board of Biofabrication and Micromachines. He is also member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Biomaterials Society. His research findings have been published in 150 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters with an h-index of 57 and over 14,000- citations. His work has been featured on the cover of 12 Journals and reported in +70 media outlets such as CBC News, Time Colonist, BBC News, Google News, Science Daily, The Telegraph, Fortune, and NSERC website.

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