Professor Zourob joined INRS-ÉMT in September 2010 to develop a multidisciplinary research program in biosensing and bionanotechnology. His present research focuses on the following themes:

(1) Development of micro/nano-sensing platforms for various chemical and bio-analytes, including optical, electrochemical, mass-sensitive and magnetic sensing mechanisms.

(2) Development of various robust, low-cost, easy-to-produce recognition receptors such as DNA aptamer, peptide/protein domain, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPS), bacteriophage and other bioproducts.

(3) Integration of recognition receptors within novel micro/nano-sensing platforms; Engineering of “smart” molecular targeting moieties for in vivo molecular imaging and diagnostic.

(4) Development of novel lab-on-a-chip system, leading to next-generation sensing devices for biomedical and environmental applications.