Lab Members

Dr. Heritier Shebindu Adam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics at Azusa Pacific University, and the Principal Investigator of the SIMS Lab. He is also the Director of the Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire des Grands Lacs en Afrique.

Dr. Adam is a biomedical engineer specializing in microfluidics, biosensors, and immune system modeling. He earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas, where his dissertation focused on developing automated micro-total analysis systems to study neuroimmune interactions and neuroinflammation.

His doctoral work included the design of a programmable microfluidic capacitor and novel platforms to measure calcium dynamics in microglia, providing new tools to understand astrocyte–microglia communication under inflammatory conditions.

Dr. Adam previously served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Schmidtke Lab at UT Dallas/UT Southwestern, where he investigated neutrophil dysfunction in patients with ventricular assist devices (VADs). Using microfluidic migration assays, phagocytosis and oxidative burst profiling, and flow cytometry-based immune phenotyping, his work sought to uncover biomarkers predictive of infection risk and immune suppression.

In addition to his research, Dr. Adam holds an MBA in Business Intelligence and Machine Learning and is the Founder and CEO of Bora Technology, a company dedicated to advancing STEM and biomedical training through virtual reality and AI-driven platforms.

He has demonstrated strong leadership and mentorship, serving as President of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Association at UT Dallas, mentoring undergraduate researchers, and leading STEM summer camps for middle school students.