Mojtaba Azadi, Ph.D.

Dr. Azadi holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in Canada. He completed his master's and undergraduate studies at Sharif University of Technology and Tehran University in Iran. He conducted research at MIT for four years prior to joining SFSU as a Faculty member. He is currently an associate professor at the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University (SFSU). 

The primary goal of Dr. Azadi's lab (Biomechatronics Research Laboratory) is developing sensitive and quantitative biomechanical assessment tools to detect subtle changes in soft biological materials (i.e. soft tissues and cells) caused by biological factors, medications, and medical interventions.

Prior to joining SFSU, he worked for four years on a number of collaborative projects in the area of Biomimetics, Bio-instrumentation, Biomechanics of soft tissues, and Rehabilitation Robotics at the Biological and Mechanical Engineering Departments at MIT and the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta. These projects include designing a Bio-tensegrity leg for a robotic cheetah; measuring mechanics of soft tissues such as skin, cartilage, Tectorial membrane, and different cell layers in micro and nano scales, and detecting spine mechanics by a parallel robotic platform.