Dr. Ilyas is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and has been the director of the Bio-Nanotechnology and Biomaterials (BNB) Laboratory at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) since 2016. Prior to joining New York Tech, he was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University. Dr. Ilyas received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2013. His research experience and interests are in the general areas of biomedical engineering, nanoscience, and nanotechnology, with a particular focus on their applications in disease diagnostics and tissue engineering.