Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Dr. Farzan Akbaridoust

Research Fellow

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne (2013-2018)

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Office: New Horizons (Building 82), Room 236/5

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Dr. Mohammad-Reza (Mahraz) Raveshi

Research Fellow

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Monash University (2016-2020)

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Office: New Horizons (Building 82), Room 223/19

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Graduate Students

Junyang Gai

PhD student

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

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Project: Acoustofluidic cell separation for assisted reproduction

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Farin Yazdan Parast

PhD Student

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

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Project: Microfluidic cell separation for assisted reproduction

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Shibani Veeraragavan

PhD student

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

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Project: Hydrodynamics of flagellar propulsion

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Melati Abdul Halim

PhD Student

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

Project: Organotypic platforms for assisted reproduction

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Steven Vasilescu

PhD Student (Main Supervisor: Prof Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani)

School of Biomedical Engineering

University of Technology Sydney

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Project: A microfluidic approach to improving Assisted Reproductive Technology

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Kate Veale

PhD Student (Main Supervisor: Prof Moira O'Bryan)

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Science, Monash University

Project: AI for assisted reproduction

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Sahar Shahali

PhD Student

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

Project: AI for sperm analysis

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Ali Lesani

PhD candidate (co-supervised with Dr Mahdi Moghimi Zand)

Mechanical Engineering

University of Tehran

Project: Multistage microfluidic systems for assisted reproduction

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Staff

Sushant Powar

Research Assistant

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

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Project: Reconstructing sperm trajectory in 3D

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Lindsay Spencer

Research Assistant

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

Project: AI for sperm analysis

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Undergraduate Students

Long Giang Tran

Summer Research Student

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

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Project: Sperm motility in circular microchannels

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Yuen Chew

Final Year Project Student

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

Project: Microfluidics for understanding microbial corrosion

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Lab Alumni

Undergraduate Students

1. Yarub Al-Taei (FYP Student)

2. Tim (Shen) Chee (FYP Student)

3. Hoi Poon (FYP Student)

4. Jason Zhou (Summer Student & RA)

5. Melati Abdul Halim (Summer Student & FYP)

Postgraduate Students

1. Hargun Bhanwer (MAEng Student)

2. Karthikeyan Murugaiyaa Pandiyan (MAEng Student)

3. Udayakumar Dilly Bhaskar (MAEng Student)

4. Dr. Mohammad-Reza Raveshi (PhD Student)