- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering-Solid Mechanics and Structural Analysis 2002-2006
- Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering-Fluid Mechanics 2006-2008
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Micro/Nanofluidics 2009-2013
Dr Navid Kashaninejad received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering, in 2006 and 2008, respectively. After winning the prestigious SINGA scholarship from the Singapore Agency for Science, Research and Technology (A*STAR), he completed his PhD studies in Microfluidics in 2013 under the supervision of Professor Nam-Trung Nguyen at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. During his PhD studies, he mainly focused on the design and fabrication of various microfluidic devices and fundamentally investigated the fluid mechanics of flow through microchannels. In particular, he introduced a new parameter, termed eccentricity, that could alter the contact angle and drag reduction capabilities of superhydrophobic microchannels.
He also has over two years of experience as a postdoctoral researcher at Griffith University and the University of Technology Sydney.
Dr Kashaninejad has demonstrated high-quality multidisciplinary research output in microfluidics, especially in organ-on-a-chip and disease modelling. This has resulted in over 50 high-quality papers in top-ranked interdisciplinary journals including Advanced Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Advanced Materials Technologies, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Langmuir, Soft Matter, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Drug Delivery and Translational Research, Biomicrofluidics, Advanced BioSystems, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Physics of Fluids, etc. He also published a first-author book chapter, entitled “Biological Diagnosis Based on Microfluidics and Nanotechnology” in the recent Wiley book “Nanotechnology and Microfluidics” [Online ISBN:978352781834]. His publications have been featured on the cover images of Advanced Materials, Advanced Biology, ACS Applied Electronics Materials, Micromachines, Advanced BioSystems, Technologies, Advanced Materials Technologies and Analyst. His work in microfluidics for assisted-reproductive technology became one of the top-cited articles in the recent publication history of Advanced BioSystems.
Dr Kashaninejad is the invited reviewer for more than 30 journals and has reviewed over 200 papers (Publon verified). He is in the reviewer board of Micromachines journal (impact factor: 2.523) and Guest Editor of Special Issue of Sensors (Special Issue "Microfluidic Sensors 2020" ) (impact factor: 3.031), Biosensors (Special Issue "Microneedles Biosensors") (impact factor: 3.240) and Micromachines (Special Issue "Feature Papers of Micromachines in Biology and Biomedicine 2021") (impact factor: 2.523).
In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA fellow to study cell mechanics and mechanobiology.