Our People » Tofail Syed
Office: MSG-016,
MSSI Building,
University of Limerick.
+353 61 234132
tofail.syed@ul.ie
Qualifications
Ph.D. Biological Engineering
Research and Teaching Interests
- Stem cell differentiation
- Stem cell niche
- Extracellular matrix biology
- Cell cycle
- Intracellular trafficking
- Cell signalling
- Infection and immunity
- Microbiome
- Proteomics, transcriptomics, pathway analysis
- Microscopy, especially high throughput imaging and confocal microscopy
Tofail Syed
Professor Tofail A. M. Syed is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, University of Limerick, Ireland and a member of the Bernal Institute of the same University. He received an M.Sc. in Engineering and a B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After receiving a Ph.D. in Physics in 2002 from the University of Limerick, Ireland, he conducted a postdoctoral fellowship on surface characterization using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and molecular modelling. He has used first-principle design of materials and interfaces for developing piezoelectric hydroxyapatite, radiopaque NiTi alloys, antimicrobial textiles, anti-encrustation stents and drug-eluting stents. He is one of the co-inventors of super-resolution chemical imaging using infrared absorption. His research interest focuses on converging science towards innovative solutions in therapeutic devices, high resolution spectro-microscopy and imaging.
Additional Links
• MOSAIC
Haseeb, ASMA; Islam, MF; Alam, O; Tofail, SAM (1997) ‘Surface Hardening Behavior of Titanium Alloys in Carburization‘ In: B. Misra and G. J. Kipouros, TMS (eds).Titanium Extraction and Processing.
Tofail, SAM; Rahman, IZ; Rahman, MA (2001) ‘Patterned nanostructured arrays for high-density magnetic recording‘. APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 15 (5):373-382