Masoud Agah

Masoud Agah is Professor and Virginia Microelectronics Consortium Professor at Virginia Tech's Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He founded the VT MEMS Lab in 2005, pioneering microfluidic and nanofluidic platforms for chemical analysis and cancer diagnostics. His work bridges engineering and biomedicine through innovations in gas chromatography and cell phenotyping technologies.

Research includes high-performance separation columns, impedance-based cell analysis, and dielectrophoretic pathogen detection. Recent NSF-funded projects focus on ionic liquid stationary phases and multi-constriction microfluidic biosensors.

Awards:

• NSF CAREER Award (2008)
• Virginia Tech Engineering Faculty Fellow Award (2011)

Labs: The VT MEMS Lab features cleanroom facilities for device fabrication and optical diagnostics suites for biological testing.