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Muthukumaran Packirisamy
Muthukumaran Packirisamy, PhD, PEng, is a strong promoter of innovation in Canada in bio microsystems. He is professor and research chair on optical-bio microsystems at Concordia University. As director of Concordia’s Micro Nano Bio Integration Center and Optical Bio Microsystems Laboratory, he studies nano integrated microsystems for cancer diagnosis, green-energy harvesting, lab-on-chip, bio microsystems, and micro-nano integration.
Muthukumaran received his BS from the University of Madras, MS from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and PhD from Concordia University. He is a member, Royal Society of Canada College (MRSC)I; and fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors (FNAI), Indian National Academy of Engineering (FINAE), Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC), Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (FASME), Institution of Engineers India (FIEI), and Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (FCSME). He received the CSME I. W. Smith Award; Concordia University Research Fellowship, Distinguished University Researcher, and Gina Cody Research and Innovation Fellowship; Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award, and ENCS Young Research Achievement Award. Author of the textbook, BioMEMS: Engineering and Science Perspectives, and six book chapters, Muthukumaran has also produced some 450 articles published in journals and conference proceedings. He has delivered 49 invited talks, obtained around $16 million in grants, and supervised around 180 HQP. Among his 30 inventions, his recent inventions on energy harvesting from the photosynthesis of blue green algae and direct sound printing received more than 400 citations and were covered in media and countries around the world.
