Welcome Ashwin Kumar Narasimhan, a new visiting assistant professor in biomedical engineering.
Narasimhan comes to UWM from Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, where he was a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.
Narasimhan holds a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology- Madras, where he focused on the development of multimodal theranostic nanoparticles for biomedical imaging used to determine cancer staging.
His research interests include nano-theranostics, cancer diagnostics, and microfluidics, with a strong focus on developing affordable healthcare solutions.
Narasimhan has secured several research grants from both public and private funding agencies like the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Indian Council of Medical Research and BIG-Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, India. He has published 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, authored multiple book chapters and holds four patents.