Afraz Khan

A highly motivated and curious individual. Passionate about translational research, to be able to bring science to product. Open to material science based research positions in industry/startups and academia in diverse fields of applications such as biomedical and healthcare, space applications, and energy to name a few.

Extensive experience with/in:

• Bio-compatible synthetic polymers and bio-polymers.
• Fabrication of highly porous nanofiber scaffolds.
• Characterisation of such scaffolds.
• Integration of fibrous scaffolds in PDMS micro-channels.

Conference proceedings without peer review:
1. Afraz Khan, Yuki Hadano, Hiroaki Takehara, Takanori Ichiki, “Fabrication of sandwich structure using poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanofiber membrane in a microfluidic device”, The 81st Japan Society of Applied Physics Autumn Meeting (Sept. 9, 2020 Online presentation)

2. Afraz Khan, Yuki Hadano, Hiroaki Takehara, Takanori Ichiki, “Localized deposition of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanofiber membranes over polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microchannels”, 30th Annual Meeting of Materials Research Society-Japan (Dec. 9, 2020 Online presentation)

3. Afraz Khan, Yuki Hadano, Hiroaki Takehara, Takanori Ichiki, “Effects of Physico-chemical Treatments on Interconnections among PLGA 50:50 Electrospun Nanofibers”, 38th International Conference on Photopolymer Science and Technology (Jun. 14, 2021 Online presentation)

4. Afraz Khan, Yuki Hadano, Hiroaki Takehara, Takanori Ichiki, “Process control of electrohydrodynamic nanofiber deposition on PDMS substrates”, 42nd International Symposium on Dry Process (Nov. 18, 2021 Online presentation)

Conference proceedings with peer review:
1. Afraz Khan, Yuki Hadano, Hiroaki Takehara, Takanori Ichiki, "Direct Electrospinning on microchannels: Nanofibers as potential replacements for bulk PDMS membranes", 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2021) (Oct. 10-14, 2021, Palm Springs, CA, USA).