Invited/Keynote Speaker at National Conferences:


CSPS/CC-CRS Annual Symposium, “Drug Delivery Nanosystems”, May 24-26, 2023, Toronto, Canada.

Canadian Chemistry Society, “High Throughput Synthesis of Tailored Nanoparticles Using Microfluidic Chips”, June 4-8, Vancouver, Canada.

Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Seminar, “Molecular and Cell Therapy Platforms for Applications in Nanomedicine and Regenerative Medicine”, January 14, 2022, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Research Seminar, “Molecular and Cell Therapy Platforms for Applications in Nanomedicine and Regenerative Medicine”, December 8, 2021, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences Research Seminar, Chitosan-based nanomaterials for regenerative medicine and nanomedicine, October 30, 2019, Montreal, Canada.

DecBio'2019: Detection of Electrically Charged Biomolecules – workshop, “Surface Plasmon Resonance Detection of Legionella Pneumophila”, June 17-18, 2019, Sherbrooke, Canada.

Cutting Edge Lecture Series, ‘With sugar please’, November 15, 2018, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Ontario-on-a-chip, Microsystems for Bio’X, “Enabling Microfluidic Platforms for manipulating and handling bioparticles”, May 24-25, 2018, Toronto, Canada.

NSERC-CREATE in Continuous Flow Synthesis, Sept. 8, 2017, Université de Montréal, Montteal, Canada.

Canadian Cytometry & Microscopy Symposium, “Microfluidics/lab-on-a-chip cell sorting technology”, May 9-12, 2017, Montreal, Canada.

McGill Neuroengineering Training Program, “Purine Cross-Linked Chitosan for Remyelination Post-Spinal Cord Injury”, October 27, 2016, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Shriners Hospital for Children, “The Evolutionary Use of Chitosan Sponges and Nanoparticles in Bone Engineering”, November 10, 2015, Montreal, Canada.

NSERC-CREATE in integrated Sensors and Systems, “Bioinspired Materials and Devices for Enabling Technology Platforms. McGill Institute for Advanced Materials”, November 17, 2015, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Connaught Summer Institute in 3-D Bioprinting, “Microprinted Cell Sorting and Cell Culture Platforms”, Centre for Microfluidic Systems in Chemistry and Biology University of Toronto, June 15-17, 2015, Toronto, Canada.

Department of biomedical Engineering, “Biointerfaces and Biomimetics for Enabling Technology Platforms", University of Winnipeg, April 2014, Winnipeg, Canada.

Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, “Biointerfaces and Biomimetics for Enabling Technology Platforms". January 2014, Montreal, Canada.

Department of Chemical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, "Design of Biointerface for nanomedicine and regenerative medicine", June 2011, Montreal, Canada.

INRS-Varennes, "Design of Microfluidic Lab-on-Chip devices for ultrasensitive immunoassays ", March 2011, Montreal, Canada.

Department of Chemistry, McGill University, “Layer-by-Layer assembled biointerface as a means for modulating the interactions with biologics” Q-sense annual workshop, September 2009, Montreal, Canada.

INNO 2008, NanoQuebec colloquium, “Microfluidic Platforms for Biomarker Discovery & Quantification”, April 2008, Montreal, Canada.

NRC-National Institute for Nanotechnology, “Development of Biointerfaces for Improved Interactions with Biologics”, Edmonton, November 2007, Canada.

Canadian Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry Division Symp., “Microfluidic ELISA with increased sensitivity through the reduction of non-specific adsorption” May 2007, Winnipeg, Canada.

McMaster University, School of Biomedical Engineering, “Development of Biointerfaces for Improved Interactions with Biologics”, April 2007, Hamilton, Canada.

McGill University, Department of Surgery, “Development of Biointerfaces for Improved Interactions with Biologics”, April 2007, Canada.

McGill University, Dept Metallurgy & Material Eng, “Development of Biointerfaces for Improved Interactions with Biologics”, October 2006, Montreal, Canada.

1st regional conference on biosensors, “Development of Biochip Interfaces for Detection of Sepsis Biomarkers”, October 2006, Saint-Hyacinth, Canada.

2006 IEEE International Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception and Sensing (CAMPS), “Modeling and Implementation of Novel SPR Biointerface for Time-effective of Sepsis Biomarkers”, September 2006, Montreal, Canada.

THERMEC 2006 International Conference on processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, “Effect of CP-Titanium grain size on the mouse pre-osteoblast attachment”, July 2006, Vancouver, Canada.

McGill University, MIAMs, “Development of Biointerfaces for Improved Interaction with Biologics”, June 2006, Montreal, Canada.

McGill University, Research Grant Office, “Discovering the Way Writing a Successful NSERC Discovery Grant Proposal”, May 2006, Montreal, Canada.

Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, McGill University, “Polysaccharide-based therapies for the prevention of restenosis’, March 2003, Canada.

Canadian Arthritis Society, Symposium on nanotechnology, “Self-assembled multi-layered as delivery system for cardiovascular diseases”, 2003, Montreal, Canada.

Université de Montréal, Département de Chimie, “New strategies based on polysaccharide self-assembly to improve the hemocompatibility of cardiovascular stent”, 2003, Montreal, Canada.

Society of Plastic Engineers, Polymers for biomedical application”, 2001, Canada.

NRC-Institute Industrial Materials, “Biomaterials as value added materials”, 2001, Montreal, Canada.

Queen’s University, Dept of Chemical Eng., Development of biocompatibility of new biomaterial, 2000, Kingston, Canada.

McGill University, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Polyelectrolyte complexes for controlled release systems”, 2000, Montreal Canada.

28e conférence provinciale de la CIISOQ,Re-stérilisation VS ré-utilisation”, 2000, Montreal, Canada.

AGS (Association des gestionnaires de stérilisation), “Approche pour la stérilisation des nouveaux biomatériaux”, 1998, Montreal, Canada.

AGS (Association des gestionnaires de stérilisation), Effet de la stérilisation par OE sur les dispositifs à base de polymères”, 1997, Montreal, Canada.

65e AQFAS, Biocompatibilité des nouveaux biomatériaux”, 1997, Montreal, Canada.