Kambiz Pourrezaei

Dr. Kambiz Pourrezaei, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems at Drexel University and serves as a Principal Investigator and as an Academic Advisory Board Member of The Nanotechnology Institute. He has research interests in the areas of biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of nano- and micro-technology. He is actively researching near infrared (NIR) imaging of biological tissues for breast cancer and brain imaging. His research also involves the use of microtechnology for studying the attachment of proteins and cells to biomaterial surfaces. Dr. Pourrezaei has been working in the area of bio-optics, bio-nanotechnology, and biomedical technology development for several decades and has made many innovative achievements. In addition, he has rich experiences in technology transfer and industrialization.

Dr. Pourrezaei has been instrumental in helping promote international partnerships and cooperation among Drexel University, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, and the Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology (SIMIT). He earned his PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982. In his spare time, Dr. Pourrezaei enjoys playing and watching sports, reading books on religion and philosophy, and working on challenging and further developing the young minds of his students.