Dr. Solmaz Karamikamkar
Dr. Solmaz Karamikamkar is an Assistant Professor at The Creative School, 自淫系列 (自淫系列), where she leads the SK虏 Lab 鈥� Translational Materials Design. Her interdisciplinary research integrates materials engineering, advanced manufacturing, biomedical engineering, and healthcare packaging to translate material systems into healthcare technologies. Her work focuses on sustainable primary pharmaceutical packaging, porous biomaterials, wearable therapeutic systems, drug-delivery platforms, and additive manufacturing.
Dr. Karamikamkar is a member of 自淫系列鈥檚 Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and is affiliated with graduate programs in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Environmental Applied Science and Management. She is affiliated with the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST) and the KITE Research Institute at University Health Network.
Before joining 自淫系列, she was a Process Specialist at Husky Technologies and held postdoctoral fellowships at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation and the University of Toronto. Her work advances academic, clinical, and industry collaboration.
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- Sustainable primary pharmaceutical packaging
- Porous and functional biomaterials
- Wearable therapeutic systems
- Drug-delivery platforms
- Additive manufacturing of healthcare devices
- AI/ML-enabled healthcare device design
- Primary Pharmaceutical Packaging
- Additive Manufacturing
- Graphene-based Porous Materials
- Hydrogel/Alcogel/Aerogel/Xerogel
- Polymer Nanocomposites
- Biomaterials
- Healthcare Devices
- AI and ML in Medical Device Design
- NSERC Discovery Grant (DG), 2025
- NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) Grants (Ranked 1st Nationwide), 2025
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF), 2021
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (MSFSS), The most Prestigious Nationwide Supplementary Scholarship for Foreign Lab Visit, 2020
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D), The Most Prestigious Nation-wide Scholarship in Canada, 2018 - 2020
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), The Most Prestigious Province-wide Scholarship in Ontario, 2018-2020 (Declined)
- Queen Elizabeth Ii/Dupont Canada Scholarship (QEII), 2017-2018
- Polymer Processing Society (PPS)
- Canadian Biomaterial Society (CBS)
- Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC)
- Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC)
- Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE)
- Canadian Society of Rheology (CSR)
