Dr Warkiani is a new lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW). He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and undertook postdoctoral training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr Warkiani PhD research was focused on development of novel isoporous membranes for isolation and recovery of waterborne pathogens using MEMS techniques. At MIT, he expanded his research interest towards biomedical engineering and lab-on-a-chip platforms. Dr. Warkiani is currently working on development of novel microfluidic devices for isolation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood and fractionation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for diagnostic/therapeutic applications. In addition, he is also collaborating with multi-disciplinary groups at Harvard, MIT and NUS for development of functional micro/nano-scale tools for study of human diseases and point-of-care diagnostics.