Safaa Amin

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Dr. Safaa Amin is a pioneering researcher whose work bridges biomedical engineering, robotics, and environmental science. Her primary research focuses on developing intelligent control strategies for nanorobots in cancer therapy, where she has introduced novel algorithms to deliver therapeutic agents directly to malignant cells while minimizing damage to healthy tissue. Her most cited work, "A New Nano-robots Control Strategy for Killing Cancer Cells Using Quorum Sensing Technique and Directed Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm" (2019, 12 citations), proposes a bio-inspired approach that mimics bacterial communication to coordinate nanorobot swarms. This is complemented by her development of the Directed Particle Swarm Optimization (DPSO) and Directed Jaya algorithms for targeted drug delivery, which have collectively garnered over 20 citations. Beyond nanomedicine, Dr. Amin has made significant contributions to environmental monitoring, using Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) satellite data to validate aerosol optical depth measurements against ground-based sun photometers over Europe. Her earlier work in robotics includes environment exploration strategies using the Khepera mini-robot and the Teleworkbench platform, as well as indoor navigation through simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). This diverse portfolio demonstrates her ability to apply computational intelligence across domains, from cancer treatment to atmospheric science and autonomous navigation.

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1. 1
   A New Nano-robots Control Strategy for Killing Cancer Cells Using Quorum Sensing Technique and Directed Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

   12 citations · 2019
2. 2
   Directed Particle Swarm Optimization Technique for Delivering Nano-robots to Cancer Cells

   9 citations · 2018
3. 3
   Ozone Monitoring Instrument aerosol products: a comparison study with ground-based airborne sun photometer measurements over Europe

   8 citations · 2012
4. 4
   Directed jaya algorithm for delivering nano-robots to cancer area

   8 citations · 2020
5. 5
   Effect of global position information in unknown world exploration — A case study using the Teleworkbench

   6 citations · 2009
6. 6
   Ozone monitoring instrument aerosol products: Algorithm modeling and validation with ground based measurements over Europe

   5 citations · 2011
7. 7
   Environment Exploration Using Mini-Robot Khepera

   5 citations · 2007
8. 8
   Localization and Mapping for Indoor Navigation

   3 citations · 2017
9. 9
   Controlling Directed Particle Swarm Optimization for Delivering Nano-robots to Cancer Cells

   2 citations · 2020
10. 10
    Implementing Two Recent Techniques for Delivering Nano-robots to Cancer Area

    2 citations · 2020

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