Dr. Anas Alazzam is an alumna of Concordia University – Montreal. After a brief Post-Doctoral Fellow appointment with the Canadian Space Agency, he joined Khalifa University in 2012. He has research background in microfluidics, Dielectrophoresis, and healthcare applications of microdevices. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers in journals and conferences. His research in the BioMEMS area has received substantial recognition in the form of awards and media Appearance. In 2015 he received the Research Award from Khalifa University in recognition of his research work.