[3] While working in this role, he focused his research on the chemical complexity of biological systems using microfabrication and microfluidics as synthetic tools.
[5] The following year, Ismagilov received a three-year grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to study "the use of microfluidics to control chemical systems in a time-dependent fashion.
[11] He also developed a microfluidic device called SlipChip as a method for precise quantification of nucleic acids in resource-limited settings.
[12] In 2008, Ismagilov was the recipient of the American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry, which recognizes significant research done by young scientists.
[3] By 2011, Ismagilov was listed by Clarivate as being amongst the most influential 100 chemists based on the highest citation impact scores for chemistry papers published from 2000 to 2010.