Professor Muhammad Omar Shaikh
Founder and Director of ANT Lab
Muhammad Omar Shaikh is a Professor of Sustainability Science and Management at Tunghai University, Taiwan. He holds a BEng and MEng in Materials Science and Engineering from Imperial College London and a PhD in Mechatronic Science and Engineering from Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
He specializes in cutting-edge nanotechnologies for healthcare and energy. His innovative work includes developing biosensors for point-of-care diagnostics, tactile sensors for robotics, advanced gas sensors, wearable energy harvesters, and technologies for solar fuels and CO2 capture and utilization.
Committed to interdisciplinary research, he is passionate about emerging disruptive technologies that drive Industry 4.0 and support the circular economy, striving to unlock new value and advance sustainable solutions.
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Experience
Professor
Tunghai University
February 2021 - Present
Taichung City, Taiwan
Promoting the circular economy by engineering sustainable solutions
#Advanced NanoTech Laboratory (ANT Lab)
Founder
Biosensibility
June 2021 - Present
Developing advanced point-of-care biosensing platforms for early disease diagnosis
Co-Founder
AssetSwop
February 2022 - Present
Changing the way people and businesses access assets and exchange value
Co-Founder
Sidrleaf Capital
June 2020 - Present
Unlocking value through contrarian investments
Postdoctoral Research Associate
National Sun Yat-Sen University
October 2018 - January 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Biosensors, smart wearables and medical devices
CTO
BiTAPE Logistics Co. Ltd.
August 2017 - September 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos
Taiwan
Improving logistic services using IoT-based Sensing and Blockchain Technology
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Southern Taiwan University of Technology
August 2015 - July 2018 · 3 yrs
Tainan City, Taiwan
Developing paper-based microfluidic biosensing platforms
Research Assistant
Southern Taiwan University of Technology
February 2012 - July 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos
Tainan City, Taiwan
Material characterization using electron microscopy and synchrotron radiation based advanced
analysis at NSRRC, Taiwan
