Dr. Shadman Khan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph, where he leads the Khan Research Group on biosensing materials and One Health technologies. He earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering as a Vanier Scholar at McMaster University, where his work on smart food packaging and pathogen detection earned national recognition and multiple patents. Following his doctoral studies, Dr. Khan was awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, which he completed at the California Institute of Technology. Here, he expanded his research into continuous environmental biosensors through collaborations bridging materials science, electrochemistry, and machine learning.

Before joining UofG, Dr. Khan spearheaded major industrial collaborations with numerous multinational corporations to translate academic innovations into field-validated technologies for real-world food safety monitoring. To date, his work has resulted in over 25 peer-reviewed publications, six patent-pending technologies, and recognition through numerous national and international honours and awards.

At UofG, Dr. Khan’s research integrates materials science, biochemistry, and environmental engineering to develop translational biosensing technologies that monitor pathogens across food, water, and soil systems. His program advances the One Health vision, linking human, animal, and environmental health through the creation of accessible, high-performance sensing platforms that safeguard public and environmental safety.