معرفی
Roozbeh Ghaffari is a Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University, serving as Director of Translational Research at the Center for Biointegrated Electronics. He holds a PhD from Harvard-MIT’s Health Sciences and Technology program, with prior degrees from MIT. His research focuses on soft bioelectronics, micro/nano-scale systems, and wearable biosensors, particularly for applications in health monitoring and clinical diagnostics.
Prof. Ghaffari co-founded MC10 Inc., where he developed groundbreaking wearable technologies like the BioStamp® and My UV PatchTM. His work has been recognized with awards including MIT Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators Under 35 (2013) and the MIT100K Grand Prize (2008). His research interests span conformal bioelectronics, microfluidic systems, and auditory neuroscience, with a focus on translating these innovations into clinical tools.
Key achievements include skin-interfaced microfluidic platforms for sweat analysis, wearable systems for real-time health monitoring, and bio-integrated devices for neuromuscular function assessment. His lab emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, combining materials science, engineering, and clinical medicine to address unmet healthcare needs.
- Education:
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Harvard-MIT (2008)
- MEng in Bio-Electrical Engineering, MIT (2003)
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, MIT (2001)
- Awards:
- Helen Carr Peake PhD Research Prize (2008)
- Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Grand Prize (2008)
- TEDx Gateway Talk (2016)
- Lab Focus: Biointegrated Electronics Lab at Northwestern, developing wearable systems for disease monitoring and diagnostics.
