Dr. Martel holds a Post-Doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Ph.D. in Electrical/Biomedical Engineering from Polytechnique Montréal. Over the years of his distinguished career, he has earned many titles, including Canada Research Chair (CRC, Government of Canada) Tier 1 in Medical Nanorobotics and the Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Micro-Nano-robotics and Automation. He was also a Former Lieutenant-commander and Warship Commanding Officer – Canadian Armed Forces (Navy – Reserve). Dr. Martel is responsible for scientific research at Starpax and is the inventor of the magnetic guidance, which is currently under exclusive rights to Starpax Biopharma. Dr. Martel has been published in over 100 prestigious scientific journals and magazines and has given over 200 conferences throughout the world on electromagnetism, bioengineering, nano-robotics and bio-medical engineering. Dr. Martel’s academic honours include the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for excellence in scientific contributions and realizations; the La Presse and Radio-Canada “Personality of the Week” (twice) title; the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Prize for Interdisciplinary Research; the Top Recipient award from the National Science and Research Council of Canada; the Innovator of the Year Award (life sciences and health technology) given by Montréal InVivo; the Dr. Jean-A. Vézina Prize for Innovation and Excellence from the Société canadienne-française de radiologie (honorary member); and he was named Personality of the Month by the Fédération de l’informatique (FiQ).
Dr. Sylvain Martel
