Research & Publications

Publications & Achievements

Peer-reviewed research spanning smart textiles, protective clothing, and sustainable textile manufacturing — with $300K+ in competitive fellowships and awards secured.

850+ Citations
13 h-index
30+ Publications
$300K+ Fellowships & Awards
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Smart Textiles & Wearable Tech

Smart textile fabric
Smart Textiles

Intelligent Textiles for Monitoring Physiological Parameters

Peer-reviewed research showcasing smart textile applications in continuous health monitoring and biometric sensing. Focus on knitted and embroidered dry electrodes for ECG, respiratory, and temperature monitoring in clinical and home settings.

2026 Smart Textiles for Health Care in the Era of 6G and the Internet of Things
2026 Mouse Model for Sensitivity of Fluid Measurement with Textile Electrodes
2024 Intelligent Textiles for Monitoring Physiological Parameter

Protective Clothing & Fiber Aging

Protective Textiles

Aging of High-Performance Fabrics

Comprehensive analysis of firefighters' protective clothing durability, degradation mechanisms, and kinetics. Research focuses on thermal and hydrothermal aging of high-performance fibers used in turnout gear.

2024 Impact of Photochemical Aging on High-Performance Fabrics Used in Firefighters' Protective Clothing
2023 Aging of High-Performance Fibers Used in Firefighters' Protective Clothing: State of the Knowledge and Path Forward
2022 Hydrothermal Aging of Fire-Protective Fabrics
Fiber analysis
Fiber Science

Degradation Sensing & Detection

Development of sensor technologies to detect damage and degradation in protective clothing, providing faster and easier safety assessment methods for firefighters and industrial workers.

2025 Graphene-Based End-of-Life Sensors for Fire-Protective Clothing
2023 Development of Graphene-Based End-of-Life Sensors for Fire-Protective Fabrics

Textile Manufacturing & Sustainability

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Honors & Awards

Competitive research funding, fellowships, and scholarly recognitions awarded for academic excellence and research impact.

Fellowship

NSERC CPRA

Canada Postdoctoral Research Award — NSERC

2026 – 2028

$140,000

Fellowship

CSC Fellowship

CABHI Science Collaborative Fellowship

2025 – 2026

$15,000

Fellowship

EPIC AT Fellowship

Early Professionals, Inspired Careers in AgeTech (EPIC-AT) Health Research Training Program — CIHR Subgrant

2025 – 2026

$14,000

Travel

CaRDM Eq Travel Award

Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, UofT

2025

$750

Grant

Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA)

Mitacs, Canada

2026 – 2027

$6,000

Fellowship

CaRDM Eq Fellowship (NSERC CREATE)

Translating Cardiovascular Remote Diagnostic & Monitoring Technologies for Health Equity

2024 – 2026

$40,000

Fellowship

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Mitacs, Canada

2024 – 2025

$20,000

Grant

Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA)

Mitacs, Canada

2025

$6,000

Fellowship

Mitacs Graduate Fellowship (PhD)

Mitacs, Canada

2022 – 2024

$50,000

Scholarship

Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)

Government of Alberta, Canada

2022 – 2023

$12,000

Travel

FGSR Travel Grant

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, UofA

2023

$1,500

Travel

Department of Human Ecology Travel Award

University of Alberta, Canada

2023

$500

Travel

GSA Academic Travel Grant

Graduate Students' Association, UofA

2022 – 2023

$1,000

Scholarship

Verna M Lefebvre Graduate Student Award

Canadian Home Economics Foundation

2021 – 2022

$1,000

Travel

Student Travel Grants, CMSC

Canadian Materials Science Conference Trust

2022

$255

Scholarship

Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship

University of Alberta, Canada

2020 – 2021

$5,000

Scholarship

Betty Crown Graduate Scholarship

Textile and Apparel Science, UofA

2020 – 2021

$3,300

Scholarship

Helen DeSilva Buchanan Memorial Scholarship

Textile and Clothing, UofA

2019 – 2020

$2,900

Grant

Education Fellowship

Fazilatun Nessa & Mozammel Huq Trust, Bangladesh

2012 – 2015

BDT 1,00,000

Scholarship

Academic Merit Scholarship

Ministry of Textiles, Bangladesh

2011 – 2015

BDT 15,000

Certifications & Training

Professional development, research ethics, and technical skills training completed to support academic and industry research activities.

Teaching & Course Design

Research Ethics & Methodology

  • CIHR Institute of Gender and Health Online Training Modules (Sep 2025)
  • CIHR's Unconscious Bias — CIHR (Sep 2025)
  • Intersectionality as a Research Lens — Women's College Hospital (Sep 2025)
  • CAPCR — University Health Network (Apr 2025)
  • TCPS 2: CORE 2022 — Government of Canada (Jan 2024)

Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Technical Skills

  • Lab2Market Discover National — Lab2Market (Dec 2025)
  • Fundamentals of Deep Learning — NVIDIA (Apr 2026)
  • AI Transforming Healthcare — CIHI (Feb 2026)
  • 16th Annual Day in Respirology — Canadian Thoracic Society (Nov 2025)
  • Create Surveys with Qualtrics — Coursera (Apr 2024)
  • Team Management for Six Sigma Black Belt — Coursera (Apr 2024)
  • Organization Planning for Six Sigma Black Belt — Coursera (Apr 2024)
  • Laser Safety — University of Alberta (Jul 2023)