Abdellah Ajji

Abdellah Ajji is a Full Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal and holds the NSERC Prolamina Industrial Research Chair on Safe, Smart and Sustainable Packaging (3SPack). He directs the Flexible Polymer Packaging Laboratory (PolyFlexPack) and is a member of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and the Center for High-Performance Polymer and Composite Systems (CREPEC).

• Rheology and processing of polymers
• Biomedical materials and tissue engineering
• Polymer properties and characterization
• Smart and sustainable packaging solutions

His recent publications focus on 3D bioprinting, electrospun nanofibers, and polymer recycling across biomedical, food packaging, and renewable energy applications. Current research includes multifunctional films with antibacterial properties and photocrosslinkable bioinks for cardiac regeneration.

Scientific awards include over $1M in CFI funding (2015) and recognition as one of the top 2% most cited researchers globally (2021). He supervises 6 postdoctoral researchers, 6 doctoral students, and 1 master’s student, with 32 completed PhDs and 23 completed master’s theses since 2006.