Onaizah Onaizah

Overview

Dr. Onaizah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computing and Software and an Associate Member of the School of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Onaizah received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2020. She was a Research Fellow in Surgical Robotics at the University of Leeds working in the STORM Lab from 2020-2022. She was the recipient of the NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2020 and was featured as one of nine women to watch from the University of Toronto Engineering’s class of 2020. Her research interests include small-scale and soft robotics incorporating both fabrication and control strategies.

Affiliations

• Member, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), McMaster University
• Assistant Professor, Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University
• Associate Member, School of Biomedical Engineering
• Member, Brockhouse Institute of Materials Research
• HeART Lab

Education

• BSc, University of Toronto
• MSc, Western University
• PhD, University of Toronto