Arghya Paul (Principle Investigator), is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry at the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario Canada). Prior to this he was an Assistant Professor at the University Of Kansas (Lawrence, USA). He did his Postdoctoral Research training with multiple Canadian scholarships in the laboratory of Prof. Ali Khademhosseini at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology & Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (Boston, USA). He received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering with NSERC-CGSD Scholarship (Canada) at McGill University (Montreal, Canada).
He directs the Bio-Intel Laboratory to develop new class of biofunctional nanomaterials for drug and gene delivery, regenerative tissue engineering and advanced biomedical devices for translational research. Specifically, the lab aims to: (1) innovate at the biomolecular and cellular level to develop biomedical technologies, (2) exploit the stem cell-material interactions and mechanistic pathways, and (3) discover therapeutic and diagnostic strategies which can be translated to point-of-care patient applications.
Courses Taught :
CBE 2290 - Fundamentals of Biochemical & Environmental Engineering
BME 3303 - Cellular Systems Engineering
CBE 4423 and BME 9526 – Tissue Engineering
CHEM 4491 - Chemical Research Discovery and Scientific Communication
CHEM 9608 - Polymers in Cell and Drug Delivery
CPE 656 and CPE 756 - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
CPE 221 - Basic Thermodynamics
PHCH 870 - Advances in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
He believes in ......
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it” – Alan Kay
Awards, Scholarships & Recognition
| 2024 | X- Chem Research Excellence Award from Chemical Institute of Canada |
| 2022 | Royal Society of Canada (RSC) - College of New Scholars |
| 2021 | Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Government of Ontario (5 years) |
| 2019 | Wolfe-Western Fellowship At-Large for Outstanding Newly Recruited Research Scholar (pan-Western for 5 years) |
| 2019 | Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Advanced Cell-Instructive Materials and Biotherapeutics, The University of Western Ontario |
| 2018 | Young Innovator Award in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) |
| 2018 | NIH/NIGMS NISBRE Young Investigator Travel Award |
| 2018- | Raymond Oenbring Award for Excellence in Teaching Chemical Engineering |
| 2017- | Fred Kurata Memorial Professorship at University of Kansas (till 2020) |
| 2014 | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada) (declined) |
| 2013 | Leslie A. Geddes Award for the Best PhD Thesis, McGill University |
Experience & Education
| 2023– | Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada |
| 2019– | Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair II, Wolfe-Western Fellow, Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada |
| 2014–2019 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering and Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA Member: The Center For Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Reproductive Health and Regenerative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA |
| 2012–2014 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, Cambridge, USA (Advisor: Ali Khademhosseini) Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, USA Research Topic: Advanced Tissue Engineering & NanoBiomaterials |
| 2012– | Research Fellow, Department of Cardiothoracic Research and Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada Research Topic: Cardiovascular Therapeutics |
| 2008–2012 | PhD in Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (Advisor: S Prakash, D. Shum-Tim) Research Topic: Nano-bioengineered cardiovascular implants & devices |
| 2006-2008 | MSc (A) in Biotechnology, McGill University [in collaboration with National Research Council (NRC)-Biotech Research Inst] (Advisor: S Prakash/C Elias), Montreal, Canada Research Topic: Nano-vectors for gene therapy and angiogenesis |
| 2005–2006 | Project Executive at R&D in IFB Industries Ltd., India Responsibilities: Project management at bioprocess and distillery plant |
| 2004- | Undergrad Training in Biotech Operation (R&D/Process Dev), Dr. Reddy's Lab Ltd Research Topic: Production & purification technique of proteins (summer intern) |
| 2001-2005 | Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology, WBUT-Haldia, India Responsibilities: Bioengineering (4 years Engineering program) |
Awards, Scholarships & Recognition
| 2012- | Fonds de Recherche Sante Quebec (FRSQ) Postdoctoral award at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology & Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston (2 years) |
| 2012- | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada) Postdoctoral Award (declined) (2 years) |
| 2012- | McGill MedStar Awards (*2) for best publication and research contributions |
| 2011- | McGill MedStar Award for best paper publications |
| 2011- | Canada Graduate Scholarship-Michael Smith Foreign Study Award at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Division |
| 2010-2012 | Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (NSERC-CGSD) |
| 2009- | Fonds de Recherche Sante Quebec (FRSQ) Doctoral Award, Quebec, Canada (2 years) |
| 2009- | James O. Maria Meadows McGill Faculty of Medicine Internal Studentship for PhD studies (declined) |
| 2008- | McGill International Doctoral Awards |
