Ehtisham Wahid

Dr. Ehtisham Wahid

Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Puglia, Italy
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Post- Doctoral Researcher

Biography

Dr. Ehtisham Wahid is a Postdoctoral Researcher with a Ph.D. in Electrical and Information Engineering from Politecnico di Bari, Italy, His doctoral thesis, “Design and Characterization of Yeast-Based Electrochemical Biosensors for Application in Precision Agriculture,” advanced bioelectronic sensors development through yeast-based whole-cell biosensors on screen-printed electrodes using innovative polydopamine immobilization and advanced analytical approaches such as cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and distribution function of relaxation times (DFRT). He has authored peer-reviewed publications in Biosensors, Scientific Reports, Bioelectrochemistry, Microbial Biotechnology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Dr. Ehtisham Wahid combines expertise in electrochemistry, bio-interfaces, microfluidics, embedded systems for sensor development, data analytics, computer vision and programming. His research reflects a strong interdisciplinary background bridging engineering, biotechnology, electrochemistry and materials science. He has international research experience in Italy, Germany, and China and is actively engaged in academic collaborations across bioelectronics and environmental diagnostics.

Affiliations

Politecnico di Bari

Bari, Puglia, Italy

Honors and Awards

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Certificate of Merit

FAZAIA Inter College Mushaf, Sargodha

Won second position in the "Quiz Competition" of FAZAIA and FG FAZAIA schools and colleges central zone.

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Shaheen Fellowship

Shaheen Foundation PAF

On account of Shaheen Fellowship Scheme, I received a scholarship during my Masters studies

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PhD fellowship

Politecnico di Bari (Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR-FSC))

Received a PhD fellowships from the Italian Ministry of University and Research ((Particularly from the "Research and Innovation 2015-2017" Plan of the Development and Cohesion Fund. Academic Year 2020/2021 Cycle XXXVI)” (“Avviso D.D. 1233/2020”)) for the project “BioSense-Biosensors for IoT-based Precision Farming”.

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Borsa Di Ricerca (Researcher)

Politecnico di Bari (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR))

Won post-graduate grant to conduct study and research activities within the framework of the PNRR project "National Center for Sustainable Mobility (MOST)" (cup. D93c22000410001), in particular, wp1 and wp2 of spoke 8 "MAAS & Innovative Services" and wp3 and wp4 of spoke 7 "CCAM and Intelligent infrastructures" for the topic: "Video Image processing algorithms and software tools for road traffic monitoring"

Experience

Post Doctoral Researcher

Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy

01 Feb 2025 - present

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy

01 Feb 2021 - 01 Jul 2024