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Sanaz Asgarifar, Completed "Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering" specialisation in "Electronics and Optoelectronics" in 2019/01/04 by Universidade do Algarve, Portugal; "Master of Science in Electronic engineering specialisation in "Analog and Digital integrated circuit design" in 2008/09/21 by University of Tabriz, Iran; and "Bachelor of Science in Electrical engineering" in 2005/09/21 by University of Guilan, Iran.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sanaz Asgarifar

Citation names

  • Sanaz Asgarifar

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E911-30E7-9D0C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8724-0044
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LFpifG0AAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
24823836800

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Telecommunications
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Arab Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Persian (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/01/04
Concluded
 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and telecommunication (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
""Ultra-sensitive bioelectronic transducers for extracellular electrophysiological studies"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very good with highest distinctions
2008/09/21
Concluded
 Master of Science, Electronic engineering (Mestrado)
University of Tabriz, Iran
"”Reconstruction of Electrical Impedance Tomography Images using intelligent algorithms”" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 out of 20
2005/09/21
Concluded
 Bachelor of science, Electrical engineering (Doutoramento)
University of Guilan, Iran
"Implementation of FPGA Experimental Board (XS45)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14/15 out of 20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02/18 - Current Coordinating Researcher (Research) Bosch Engineering GmbH, Germany
2016/01/01 - 2019/01/04 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Telecomunicações ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2015/03/15 - 2019/01/04 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2012/09/21 - 2014/12/01 Science and Technology Management Islamic Azad University Bandar-e-Anzali Branch, Iran

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/09/21 - 2014/12/01 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Islamic Azad University Bandar-e-Anzali Branch, Iran
2008/09/21 - 2010/09/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) University of Tabriz Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iran

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02/18 - Current Hardware designer FPGA/HDL developer, Sensor designer Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/02/18 - Current Sensible Car
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-037902
Technical development
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/01/07 - 2019/06/01 Innovative implantable electronic device for advanced therapy
PTDC/EEI-AUT/5442/2014
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Concluded
2016/01 - 2019/06 Innovative implantable electronic device for advanced therapy
PTDC/EEI-AUT/5442/2014
 N/A
2008/09/21 - 2010/09/21 Design and implementation of high-density multi-electrode implantable array for brain interface
IR/EEII-AUT/1171/2008
Researcher
University of Tabriz Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iran
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2011 - 2014 A Differential Current Source Amplifier for High Frequency Applications in a 0.5 µm CMOS
IR/EEIIS/8999/1394
Supervisor
2011 - 2013 Design and Simulation of High Speed Low Power Pipeline ADC for Biomedical Application
IR/EEIIS/7680/1393
Supervisor
Islamic Azad University Bandar-e-Anzali Branch, Iran
Concluded
2010 - 2012 FPGA Implementation of Pseudorandom Number Generator for Intelligent Algorithms
IR/EEIIS/0480/1392
Supervisor
2009/01/01 - 2010/01/01 Electrical impedance spectroscopy system for characterisation of human normal and malignant Bladder Tissues
IRDC/EEII-AUT/2652/2009
Researcher
University of Tabriz Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iran
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Asgarifar, S.; Gomes, H.L.; Mestre, A.; Inácio, P.; Bragança, J.; Borme, J.; Machado, G.; Cerqueira, F.; Alpuim, P.. Electrochemically gated graphene field-effect transistor for extracellular cell signal recording. 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-31165-4_53
Conference paper
  1. Asgarifar, S.; Hosseini, M.M.. "An image processing techniques for image enhancement of electrical resistance tomography". 2011.
    10.1109/PEAM.2011.6135009
  2. Asgarifar, S.; Hagh, M.T.; Hosseini, M.M.. "A novel fault location algorithm for double fed distribution networks". 2011.
    10.1109/PEAM.2011.6134867
  3. Alizadeh, G.; Frounchi, J.; Baradaran Nia, M.; Zarifi, M.H.; Asgarifar, S.. "An FPGA implementation of an Artificial Neural Network for prediction of cetane number". 2008.
    10.1109/ICCCE.2008.4580675
  4. Zarifi, M.H.; Frounchi, J.; Asgarifar, S.; Baradaran Nia, M.. "FPGA implementation of a fully digital demodulation technique for biomedical application". 2008.
    10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564742
  5. Zarifi, M.H.; Frounchi, J.; Asgarifar, S.; Baradaran Nia, M.; Dehkhoda, F.. "A high speed low power analog to digital converter for biomedical application". 2008.
    10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564743
Journal article
  1. Asgarifar, S.; Mestre, A.L.G.; Félix, R.C.; Inácio, P.M.C.; Cristiano, M.L.S.; Medeiros, M.C.R.; Araújo, I.M.; Power, D.M.; Gomes, H.L.. "Extracellular electrophysiological based sensor to monitor cancer cells cooperative migration and cell-cell connections". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 145 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072384365&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bios.2019.111708
  2. Asgarifar, S.; Inácio, P.M.C.; Mestre, A.L.G.; Gomes, H.L.. "Ultrasensitive bioelectronic devices based on conducting polymers for electrophysiology studies". Chemical Papers 72 7 (2018): 1597-1603. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048900637&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11696-018-0481-z
  3. Inacio, P.M.C.; Mestre, A.L.G.; De Medeiros, M.D.C.R.; Asgarifar, S.; Elamine, Y.; Canudo, J.; Santos, J.M.A.; et al. "Bioelectrical Signal Detection Using Conducting Polymer Electrodes and the Displacement Current Method". IEEE Sensors Journal 17 13 (2017): 3961-3966. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020945526&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/JSEN.2017.2703834
  4. Mestre, A.L.G.; Inácio, P.M.C.; Elamine, Y.; Asgarifar, S.; Lourenço, A.S.; Cristiano, M.L.S.; Aguiar, P.; et al. "Extracellular electrophysiological measurements of cooperative signals in astrocytes populations". Frontiers in Neural Circuits 11 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85032285952&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fncir.2017.00080
  5. Mestre, A.L.G.; Cerquido, M.; Inácio, P.M.C.; Asgarifar, S.; Lourenço, A.S.; Cristiano, M.L.S.; Aguiar, P.; et al. "Ultrasensitive gold micro-structured electrodes enabling the detection of extra-cellular long-lasting potentials in astrocytes populations". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85032462728&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-017-14697-y
  6. Asgarifar, S.; Frounchi, J.; Zarifi, M.H.; Mahdizadeh, A.. "A novel two-stage genetic algorithm for image reconstruction of electrical resistance tomography". International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing 1 4 (2010): 523-542. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052075902&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1142/S1793962310000274
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017 Electrical characterisation of Electrochemically Gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistor 7th European conference on 2D material and graphene
(Barcelona, Spain)
2017 Characterisation of Electrochemically Gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistor for Bioelectronic Applications 231st ECS (Advanced solid state and electrochemical science and technology) MEETING
(New Orleans, United States)
2017 Electrical detection of extracellular long lasting potential in astrocyte XV Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2017
(Braga, Portugal)
2016/04/13 Electrochemically Gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistor for Extracellular Cell Signal Recording 7th Advanced Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial systems (DoCEIS 2016)
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/12/09 Highly Sensitive Electrochemically Gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistor for Extracellular Cell Signal Recording nternational 5 Conference on Nanotechnology in Medicine (NANOMED 2015)
University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2015 Polymer electrodes on nano fibrous bacterial-cellulose substrates for extracellular cell signal recording International Conference on Nanotechnology in Medicine (NANOMED 2015)
University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2015 Drug screening platform based on extracellular electrical noise measurements International Conference on Nanotechnology in Medicine (NANOMED 2015)
(Manchester, United Kingdom)
2015 Conducting Polymer Electrodes to Measure Slow Cooperative Extracellular Signals Material research society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibit, 2015
(Boston, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2011/09/21 - 2014/09/01 A Differential Current Source Amplifier for High Frequency Applications in a 0.5 µm CMOS Integrated Circuit Technology
Supervisor
 Electrical and electronic engineering (Master)
Islamic Azad University Bandar-e-Anzali Branch, Iran
2011/09/21 - 2013/09/21 Design and Simulation of High Speed Low Power Pipeline ADC for Biomedical Application
Supervisor
 electronic engineering (Master)
Islamic Azad University Bandar-e-Anzali Branch, Iran
2010/12/01 - 2012/12/01 FPGA Implementation of Pseudorandom Number Generator for Intelligent Algorithms
Supervisor
 Electronic engineering (Degree)
Islamic Azad University Bandar-e-Anzali Branch, Iran

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/12/01 - 2020/05/01 Medical Neuroscience
Workshop
 Online course on Medical Neuroscience
Duke University, United States
2017/04/07 - 2017/04/10 HANDS-ON practical sessions on Memristive artificial synapses, Workshop on Neuro-engineering - Revealing, Repairing & Enhancing Brain
Workshop
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/03/03 - 2017/03/10 Nano biotechnology course
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 Best PhD award, Fraunhofer Challenge
Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal
2016 Best Paper Award
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Filosofia, Portugal
2015 Erasmus Mundus Full Doctoral fellowship
Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland

Title

2008 Ranked 1st of Master degree
University of Tabriz Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iran