The Chemical Engineering Department is hosting a special undergraduate lecture about proteins and their applications by Dr. Yael Zilberman-Simakov.Ìý
A pizza lunch will be provided,Ìýplease Ìýif you plan on attending.
Biographical SketchÌýÌý
Dr. Yael Zilberman-Simakov received her BSc, MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. During her graduate study, she worked on composite sensors based on discotic liquid nanocrystals for detection of volatile organic compounds exhaled from breath, for non-invasive chronic disease diagnostics.
Dr.ÌýZilberman-SimakovÌýconducted her postdoctoral training at Tufts University, one of the leading universities in the Greater Boston region. First, she trainedÌýat the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, working on the development of microfluidic optical sensors. Next, she trainedÌýat the Department of Chemistry, studying catalytic activity of synthetic peptides.
After moving to Canada, she has received a prestigious Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship and was a group leader at Professor Shirley Tang’s lab in the Department of Chemistry at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. She worked in collaboration with LeNano Diagnostics on the development of a portable biosensor based on microfluidics and advanced composite nanomaterials for rapid point-of-care testing of heart failure.
Recently, Dr.ÌýZilberman-Simakov joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ as a lecturer, teaching Engineering Biology and Bioprocess Engineering. Her current research interests lie in the area of noninvasive medical diagnostics, focusing on optoelectronic biological nano-sensors and wearable devices.