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Pouya Rezai

ResearcherMechanical EngineeringYork University

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Pouya Rezai

Researcher

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering

York University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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27 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 17 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (13 NSERC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Microfluidics Dean Flow Hydrodynamics Dimensional Analysis Force Analysis Microparticle Focusing Multi-Emulsion Microdroplets Multiphase Flow Organisms Mechanical Properties and Focusing

Latest papers

Superabsorbent polymer microparticles incorporating with crown ether for swelling-enhanced selective and rapid lithium capture.
Chemosphere · 2026
Greener approach for microplastics detection in wastewater sludge using multimodal spectroscopic techniques.
Talanta · 2026
Electrothermal Synthesis of Cell-Imprinted Polymer Coatings on Metallic Microwires for Bacterial Capture.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author

All 56 publications

Latest funding

Imprinted Polymer-Based Microstructures for Capturing and Detection of Biological and Chemical Analytes in Environmental, Health, Food, and Energy Applications
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Dynamic Light Scattering Instrumentation for Materials Development
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$136,064
Portable and sensitive platform technologies for rapid isolation, detection, and quantification of critical minerals in fluids: from mine exploration to electronics recycling
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$500,000

All 16 grants and awards

56 publications.

Superabsorbent polymer microparticles incorporating with crown ether for swelling-enhanced selective and rapid lithium capture.

Tabesh E, Perry D, Smith SR, Rezai P, Leung SN

Chemosphere2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2026.145013 PMID: 42372341

Greener approach for microplastics detection in wastewater sludge using multimodal spectroscopic techniques.

Mathew J, Li Y, Das RK, Suehring R, Morin S, Rezai P, Brar SK

Talanta2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2026.129839 PMID: 42001728

Electrothermal Synthesis of Cell-Imprinted Polymer Coatings on Metallic Microwires for Bacterial Capture.

Zabihihesari A, Khalili A, Rezai P

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s26175324 PMID: 42739946

Streamlining Microfluidic Lithium Sensor Fabrication: A Single-Workflow Using Additive Manufacturing and Printed Functionalization of Laser-Induced Graphene Electrodes.

Shovan SD, Jafargholinejad S, Akbar MS, Idris MK, Rezai P, Grau G

ACS applied materials & interfaces2026

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6c06037 PMID: 42587477

Microfluidic Dean-flow enhanced electrochemical detection of lead in water.

Jafargholinejad S, Ilyas B, Gora S, Rezai P

Analytica chimica acta2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2026.345532 PMID: 42108060

Curcumin-based-fluorescent staining and microfluidic detection of microplastics in wastewater effluent.

Mathew J, Warraich H, Kumar Das R, Rezai P, Brar SK

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)2025

DOI: 10.1039/d5cc02304a PMID: 40965172

Electrochemical microfluidic sensor with sodium ion-imprinted polymer membrane for sensitive and specific detection of sodium in water.

Oseyemi AE, Zabihihesari A, Jafargholinejad S, Rezai P

Mikrochimica acta2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00604-025-07363-y PMID: 40707695

Microplastic detection in saline water utilizing a microfluidic sensor with MXene-coated electrodes and a Wheatstone bridge.

Warraich H, Zabihihesari A, Karimpour S, Rezai P

Mikrochimica acta2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00604-025-07335-2 PMID: 40613888

In Situ Investigation of Swelling Dynamics of Acrylamide-Acrylic Acid Superabsorbent Microparticles at a Single Particle Level.

Tabesh E, Zabihihesari A, Rezai P, Leung SN

Macromolecular rapid communications2025

DOI: 10.1002/marc.202500014 PMID: 40064532

Managing the risk of flood-induced release of antibacterial pollution from livestock farms using agent-based modeling: insights from the 2021 sumas prairie flood event.

Nazari M, Asgary A, Kerachian R, Rezai P, Brar SK

Environmental science and pollution research international2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-025-36304-8 PMID: 40186809

Imprinted Polymer-Based Microstructures for Capturing and Detection of Biological and Chemical Analytes in Environmental, Health, Food, and Energy Applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Rezai, Pouya P

Keywords: antibiotics; bacteria; cell imprinted polymer (cip); droplet generation; extraction; imprinted polymer microparticles; ion imprinted polymer (iip); microfluidic; minerals; molecularly imprinted polymer (mip)

$125,000

Dynamic Light Scattering Instrumentation for Materials Development

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Chen, Jennifer

$136,064

Portable and sensitive platform technologies for rapid isolation, detection, and quantification of critical minerals in fluids: from mine exploration to electronics recycling

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai, Pouya P

Keywords: Benchtop Electrochemical Sensor; Critical Minerals (Lithium); Highly Porous IIPs; IIP Microparticle & Membrane Filter; Ion Imprinted Polymers (IIPs); Lithium Detection & Quantification; Lithium Exploration & Recycling; Lithium Isolation; Microfluidics Sample Preparation; Point of Need Optofluidic Sensor

$500,000

Microfluidic PFAS Sensor based on Molecularly Imprinted Polymer and Fluorescent Detection

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai, Pouya P

Keywords: fluorescent detection; microfluidics; molecularly imprinted polymers; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; pfas; point of need detection; portable sensor; sensor; water monitoring

$25,000

Alpha Prototyping and Deployment of a MIP-Based Microfluidic Fluorometric Bacteria Biosensor

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai, Pouya P

$25,000

CREATE-MICROSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES & APPLICATION (MTA)

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Lee, Regina RSK

Keywords: advances manufacturing; enviromental sensors; medical devices; micro-devices; microfabrication; microsystem; printed electronics; sensors; space systems

$750,000

Prototyping and Deploying Air and Surface Virus Monitoring Point-of-Need Technologies to Improve Remediation Responses and Minimize Economic Losses of Viral Outbreaks

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai, Pouya P

$381,450

Microfluidic Platforms for Biological Investigations

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rezai, Pouya

Keywords: microfluidics; multiphase flow; dean flow hydrodynamics; microparticle focusing; organisms mechanical properties and focusing; multi-emulsion microdroplets; force analysis; dimensional analysis; sample preparation and processing; physical, chemical and biological screening

$192,000

Point-of-Need Microfluidic Biosensor for Detecting Airborne Viruses using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Towards COVID 19 Virus Monitoring_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai, Pouya

$50,000

Advanced Molecular Sequencing For Qualitative And Quantitative Environmental Analyses

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Brar, Satinder

$150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Pouya Rezai

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Superabsorbent polymer microparticles incorporating with crown ether for swelling-enhanced selective and rapid lithium capture.

Greener approach for microplastics detection in wastewater sludge using multimodal spectroscopic techniques.

Electrothermal Synthesis of Cell-Imprinted Polymer Coatings on Metallic Microwires for Bacterial Capture.

Streamlining Microfluidic Lithium Sensor Fabrication: A Single-Workflow Using Additive Manufacturing and Printed Functionalization of Laser-Induced Graphene Electrodes.

Microfluidic Dean-flow enhanced electrochemical detection of lead in water.

Curcumin-based-fluorescent staining and microfluidic detection of microplastics in wastewater effluent.

Electrochemical microfluidic sensor with sodium ion-imprinted polymer membrane for sensitive and specific detection of sodium in water.

Microplastic detection in saline water utilizing a microfluidic sensor with MXene-coated electrodes and a Wheatstone bridge.

In Situ Investigation of Swelling Dynamics of Acrylamide-Acrylic Acid Superabsorbent Microparticles at a Single Particle Level.

Managing the risk of flood-induced release of antibacterial pollution from livestock farms using agent-based modeling: insights from the 2021 sumas prairie flood event.

Imprinted Polymer-Based Microstructures for Capturing and Detection of Biological and Chemical Analytes in Environmental, Health, Food, and Energy Applications

Dynamic Light Scattering Instrumentation for Materials Development

Portable and sensitive platform technologies for rapid isolation, detection, and quantification of critical minerals in fluids: from mine exploration to electronics recycling

Microfluidic PFAS Sensor based on Molecularly Imprinted Polymer and Fluorescent Detection

Alpha Prototyping and Deployment of a MIP-Based Microfluidic Fluorometric Bacteria Biosensor

CREATE-MICROSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES & APPLICATION (MTA)

Prototyping and Deploying Air and Surface Virus Monitoring Point-of-Need Technologies to Improve Remediation Responses and Minimize Economic Losses of Viral Outbreaks

Microfluidic Platforms for Biological Investigations

Point-of-Need Microfluidic Biosensor for Detecting Airborne Viruses using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Towards COVID 19 Virus Monitoring_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Advanced Molecular Sequencing For Qualitative And Quantitative Environmental Analyses

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Georg Zoidl

Alidad Amirfazli

Stephanie Gora

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