Visiting Lecturer Series – Dr. Solmaz Karamikamkar

Engineering Porous Biomaterials for Minimally Invasive Medical Devices

Lecture Takeaways

The main takeaways are as follows:

1.  From research to real-world impact

• Learn how advanced biomaterials developed during my PhD and postdoctoral research are being translated into next-generation medical technologies.

2.  Wearable, minimally invasive health monitoring and drug delivery

• Discover how porous biomaterials can enable skin-interfacing devices (like microneedles) for continuous health monitoring and controlled drug delivery.

3.  New approaches for delivering drugs to the lungs

• Explore how engineered porous particles can improve how medications are delivered to the lungs, making treatments more effective and accessible.

Biography

Dr. Solmaz Karamikamkar is an Assistant Professor in The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on designing porous biomaterials for minimally invasive medical devices, including microneedle-based systems, wearable drug delivery platforms, and inhalable particles for lung therapeutics. She received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto and completed her postdoctoral training at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI). She also brings nearly five years of industry experience in medical device development, spanning fabrication to industrial-scale production. Her work bridges materials engineering, manufacturing, and patient-centered healthcare technologies.

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