Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh, York University

Research

Cellular Monitoring CMOS COVID-19 Hybrid Microfluidic/CMOS Integrated Circuit (IC)Integrated Sensors Oral Neutrophil COVID19 and other viral diseases

Latest papers

Mechanistic Characterization of Biologically Inspired Oral Neutrophil Isolation for AI-Assisted Oral Inflammatory Load Assessment.
Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
An Absorption-Based PDMS/f-CNT Mass-Capacitor for Continuous Monitoring of Fire-Derived Organic Contamination.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
A Perspective on Direct Binary Capacitance Detectors for Decision-Driven Biochemical and Lab-on-Chip Applications: A CMOS Cross-Coupled-Based Capacitance Detector.
Micromachines · 2026 · senior author

All 45 publications

Latest funding

Geomagnetic Disturbance in Modern Societies and Technological Infrastructures (GMD-MSTI)
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Novel Field-Effect-Transistor Sensing Platform for Early Detection of Viral outbreak and Pandemics
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Hybrid Microfluidic Microelectronic Sensing Systems for Early Detection of Infection and Inflammatory Disease
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$132,000

All 9 grants and awards

45 publications.

01

Mechanistic Characterization of Biologically Inspired Oral Neutrophil Isolation for AI-Assisted Oral Inflammatory Load Assessment.

Soheili F, Daneshvar MSMH, Mohaghegh N, Nguyen JVL, Panahi A, Amrollahi Biouki M, Tahernezhad Y, Forouhi S, Sun C, Glogauer M, Ghafar-Zadeh E

Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics11090673 PMID: 42782699

02

An Absorption-Based PDMS/f-CNT Mass-Capacitor for Continuous Monitoring of Fire-Derived Organic Contamination.

Heidari N, Ghafar-Zadeh M, Amrollahi A, Norouzi P, Magierowski S, Ghafar-Zadeh E

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s26165220 PMID: 42655526

03

A Perspective on Direct Binary Capacitance Detectors for Decision-Driven Biochemical and Lab-on-Chip Applications: A CMOS Cross-Coupled-Based Capacitance Detector.

Azadmousavi T, Forouhi S, Ghafar-Zadeh E

Micromachines2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/mi17080909 PMID: 42653549

04

Reliability-Aware Microsystem Design; Compensation for an Ultra-Low-Power Current-Reuse LC-VCO.

Azadmousavi T, Ghafar-Zadeh E

Micromachines2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/mi17060713 PMID: 42354744

05

Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) time of evaporation measurement system for binary chemical monitoring.

Ghafar-Zadeh E, Forouhi S, Osouli Tabrizi H, Panahi A, Tahernezhad Y, Amrollahi Biyouki A

Scientific reports2026First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-35322-x PMID: 41577741

06

Nanopore-Aware Embedded Detection for Mobile DNA Sequencing: A Viterbi-HMM Design Versus Deep Learning Approaches.

Hammad K, Wu Z, Ghafar-Zadeh E, Magierowski S

Biosensors2025

DOI: 10.3390/bios15090569 PMID: 41002309

07

Protecting Firefighters from Carcinogenic Exposure: Emerging Tools for PAH Detection and Decontamination.

Ghafar-Zadeh M, Biyouki AA, Heidari N, Delfan N, Norouzi P, Magierowski S, Ghafar-Zadeh E

Biosensors2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/bios15080547 PMID: 40863008

08

Comprehensive experimental study of multivariable oil-brine-rock interactions: impact of brine-rock chemistry and crude oil polarity on enhanced oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs.

Biyouki AA, Izadi N, Bovard S, Tahernezhad Y, Nassar N, Ghafar-Zadeh E

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-09448-3 PMID: 40665143

09

A portable and cost-effective system for electronic nucleic acid mass measurement.

Panahi A, Abbasian F, Ayala-Charca G, Tabrizi HO, Roshanfar A, Ghafar-Zadeh M, Movahed M, Tahernezhad Y, Magierowski S, Ghafar-Zadeh E

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-89082-1 PMID: 39948372

10

CMOS Point-of-Care Diagnostics Technologies: Recent Advances and Future Prospects.

Moeinfard T, Ghafar-Zadeh E, Magierowski S

Micromachines2024

DOI: 10.3390/mi15111320 PMID: 39597132

Geomagnetic Disturbance in Modern Societies and Technological Infrastructures (GMD-MSTI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Rezaei Zare, Afshin A

Keywords: aerospace and satellites; cell biology; geomagnetic disturbance (gmd); implantable medical device (imd); ionospheric electrojet and gic; neuroscience studies; power systems; risk assessment and emergency response; situational awareness platforms; wireless communication

$150,000

Novel Field-Effect-Transistor Sensing Platform for Early Detection of Viral outbreak and Pandemics

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Ghafar-Zadeh, Ebrahim E

Keywords: COVID19 and other viral diseases; Electronic Hardware/Software (H/S); Field Effect Transistor (FET); Hybridization; Pandemic and Outbreak; Sensor; Synthesized probes

$25,000

Hybrid Microfluidic Microelectronic Sensing Systems for Early Detection of Infection and Inflammatory Disease

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ghafar-Zadeh, Ebrahim

Keywords: cmos; integrated sensors; hybrid microfluidic/cmos; integrated circuit (ic); cellular monitoring; covid-19; oral neutrophil

$132,000