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Padideh Mohammadyousef

Graduate Student

McGill University

Padideh received her M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering-Photonics from Boston University. She joined Photonic Biosensing Lab at McGill University in 2017 and is currently pursuing her PhD in Electrical Engineering. Her research focuses on real-time detection of plasmonically amplified DNA via a miniature photonic Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) system for point-of-care (POC) applications.

Interests

  • Nanophotonics
  • Medical application of optics lasers
  • Experimental and numerical modeling of light propagation for medical diagnostics

Education

  • M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering-Photonics, 2014

    Boston University

  • BSc in Electrical Engineering-Electronics, 2010

    Central Tehran University