Soroush Mirkiani

Restoration of Walking after Chronic Spinal cord Injury Using Intraspinal Microstimulation: A translational Study in Yucatan Pigs

• GPA: 3.8/4.0

Scholarships and Awards

• Awarded “Neuroscience Research Day (NRD) Second Best Speaker/Presenter Award”, 2023
• Deans's Doctoral Scholarship, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 2022
• Awarded “Graduate Travel Award” for presenting at the Alberta BME 2022, Banff, Canada
• Delnor scholarship, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 2021
• 75th Anniversary Award, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 2021
• Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship Award, FGSR, University of Alberta, 2021
• Neural Interfaces Conference Diversity Attendance Award, 2021
• Awarded “1st Place in Pitch Competition "SMART Create Entrepreneurship Workshop”, 2021

Certificates

• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Certi cate - 2020
• Basic Surgical Techniques, Ray Rajotte Surgical-Medical Research Institute - 2020
• Aseptic Techniques in Surgery Ray Rajotte Surgical-Medical Research Institute - 2020
• CCAC Animal Users Training (University of Alberta - 2020)
• Care and Use of Swine in Research, Institutional Animal User Training Program workshop, University of Alberta - 2020

Synergetic Reinforcement of Brushite Cement with Whisker-like Calcium Phosphate Fibers and Carboxymethylcellulose

• GPA: 4.0/4.0

Recycling of Silver and Palladium from Used Catalysts

• GPA: 3.1/4.0

• Design and microfabrication of flexible and stretchable optoelectronic implants for simultaneous electrical optogenetic stimulation for activation of specific neuronal populations in mice spinal cord.

• Designed, fabricated, and tested a fully implantable, wirelessly controlled, stretchable intraspinal microstimulation device for restoration of movement after paralysis in pigs
• Characterization of materials/devices (bench testing and animal experiments)
• Performed animal surgeries (laminectomy, durotomy, electrode implantation) - Prepared materials for reports, presentations, and submission to peer-reviewed journal publications
• Worked with various principal investigators to coordinate research.

• Defined different tests based on standards, analyzed test results, and issued inspection certificates (IC/COI) for importers/exporters
• Issued more than 200 ICs/COIs
• Communicated between costumers, laboratories, and customs
• Traveled to other countries to perform inspection at origin
• Participated in developing SOPs to help company to be qualified for vehicle inspection.

• Instructed students through lectures, presentations, and problem-based learning in Trigonometry, Geometry,
• Statistics, Discrete mathematics, and Analytical geometry
• Volunteered as a study participant for different research projects, with the end goal of helping people with disabilities

• Improved the product quality (1000 series aluminum foils for different applications) through optimization of the annealing procedure between cold and hot rolling steps.

• 3D CAD modeling and Manufacturing of Aluminum Molds for polyurethane injection molding
• Selected Projects - Laser microfabrication, characterization, and testing of flexible µ-LED arrays in transgenic mice.