Govind Kaigala Senior Fellow 2025–2026
- Discipline
- Biomedical engineering
- Fellowship duration
- September 01, 2025–June 30, 2026
- Academic or artistic job title
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Home institution
The University of British Columbia, CA
- Contact
- Links
- Institutional website
- Associated with
Govind Kaigala leads a research group focused on microfluidics, micro/nanofabrication, and bioanalytical technologies. His work bridges engineering and medicine, aiming to translate technical innovations into clinical solutions that address unmet healthcare needs and improve patient outcomes. Together with his team, he is advancing quantitative methods in biomedicine with potential applications in cancer research and precision medicine.
A key focus of his lab is the development of biodevices for quantitative cancer engineering, particularly tools for profiling tumors, analyzing cellular interactions, modeling tumor environments, and personalizing therapies.
Govind earned his PhD in 2009 from the University of Alberta (CA) and completed postdoctoral training at Stanford University (US). In 2010, he joined the IBM Research Laboratory in Rüschlikon (CH), where he worked as a staff scientist in precision diagnostics until 2022. He is now an associate professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia and a senior scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre.