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Dr. Jahangir (Jahan) Tavakkoli
It is with great sadness that we share that Dr. Jahan Tavakkoli, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics, passed away on December 6, 2024. For more information, please contact the Department of Physics at 416-979-5343. Read Dean Cramb's message for his thoughts and additional resources.
Research Interests
Biomedical Ultrasound (Therapeutic and Diagnostic)
Image-guided Ultrasound Surgery
Nonlinear Acoustic Modeling and Simulation
Targeted Nano-Drug Delivery for Cancer Treatment
Ultrasound-Mediated Targeted Drug Delivery
Ultrasound Signal and Image Processing
- Advanced Biomedical Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy (ABUITL), Dept. of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
- iBEST, Keenan Research Center, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- PhD with Distinction - PhD degree with the Highest Distinction (Très Honorable Avec Félicitations) ranked into the top 10% of PhD graduates in France.
- Associate Member, Acoustical Society of America.
- Senior Member, IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control; and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societies.
- Member, International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound.
- Associate Editor, Journal of Medical Physics
| Year | Degree | University |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | PhD | University of Claude Bernard- Lyon 1, France (Biomedical Physics) |
| 1992 | MSc | Sharif University of Technology, Iran (Biomedical Engineering) |
| 1988 | BSc | Sharif University of Technology, Iran (Electrical and Computer Engineering) |
- Discovery Grants support innovative research across Toronto Metropolitan University (opens in new window)
- Medical Physics: The Greater Toronto Area’s only (CAMPEP)-accredited program (opens in new window)
- Classroom Innovation: Augmented and Virtual Reality (opens in new window)
- Bringing virtual reality to classrooms (opens in new window)