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Author
Alap Zahid
Reviews and guides editor
Alap Zahid reviews AI apps and chatbots and writes practical how-to guides for The AI Future, and covers AI for science and research. He holds a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from Western University, where he is now a Postdoctoral Associate working on targeted drug delivery and nanomedicine, and brings a researcher's eye for evidence to judging what AI tools can really do.
Expertise AI apps and chatbots, AI for science and research, how-to guides
Credentials PhD, Biochemical Engineering, Western University; Bachelor's, Petroleum Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology
Articles 5
Experience
Postdoctoral Associate
Western University · London, Ontario, Canada
May 2026 – present
Developing advanced targeted drug delivery and nanomedicine platforms for precision cancer therapy.
Teaching Assistant
Western University · London, Ontario, Canada
Sep 2023 – Apr 2026
CBE 2290a, Fundamentals of Biochemical and Environmental Engineering (undergraduate course).
Teaching Assistant
Western University · London, Ontario, Canada
Jan 2023 – Apr 2025
BME 3303, Cellular Systems Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering.
Visiting Researcher
COMSATS University
Sep 2020 – Jul 2021
Worked with Dr Muhammad Yar at IRCBM on a microneedle array-based hydrogel project for soft tissue engineering, and trained undergraduate and graduate students.
Research Assistant
Qatar University · Doha, Qatar
Feb 2017 – Feb 2020
Research under Prof. Anwarul Hasan in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and at the Biomedical Research Center.
Visiting Researcher
Texas A&M University at Qatar
Apr 2017 – Jun 2018
Performed experiments in the Advanced Multiphase Flow Loop Lab with Prof. Aziz Rahman to characterise drill cuttings.
Engineering Intern
Pakistan Petroleum Limited · Hala, Sindh, Pakistan
Jun 2015
Four-week internship at the FAZL X1 well.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Biochemical Engineering
Western University
Sep 2021 – Mar 2026
Mechanical Engineering
Qatar University
2017 – 2018
Bachelor's Degree, Petroleum Engineering
Dawood University of Engineering and Technology
2012 – 2016
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