CANADIAN DELEGATION

Dr. Karan Kaler

Karan V.I.S. Kaler was born in Ludhiana, Punjab (India) on October 16 th , 1951. He received BSc. (Hons.) and Ph.D. in 1974 and 1981 respectively, both from the University of Wales (U.K).

He is presently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary, a registered Professional Engineer (PENG) in the Province of Alberta, Canada and a member of the IEEE. He has over twenty five years of research experience in the field of Bioelectrics and Biomedical Engineering and especially in the area of Biological Dielectrophoresis. He heads the Biolectrics Research and Application Group (B.R.A.G.) which focuses on the development and integration of LabonaChip technologies that leverage closed and openchannel microfluidics for bioanalysis, disease detection and diagnostics.

Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive N.W.
Office: ENA 306A
Calgary AB   T2N 1N4
Canada
Phone: (+1) 403.220.5809
Fax:   (+1) 403.282.6855

E-mail: kaler@enel.ucalgary.ca