Carolyn Ren

Professor and Canada Research Chair in Droplet Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology · University of Waterloo · company speakers →

Dr. Ren received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto. She is currently a professor of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo (UW) and holds the Canada Research Chair in Droplet Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology. She is directing Waterloo Microfluidics Laboratory focusing on advancing fundamental knowledge of microfluidics and developing Lab-on-a-Chip technologies which have significant impact on a wide range of applications such as material synthesis, protein separation, and water quality sensing. Besides the Canada Research Chair, Dr. Ren has also received several awards from the engineering and research community, including: election as a Member of the College of New Scholars, Scientists and Artists of Royal Society of Canada, being recognized as one of 20 leading female innovators in Women of Innovation (Dr. Ren is a co-founder of two start-up companies), appointment as Fellow of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Excellence from UW and an Early Research Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation.

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