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Education:
(January 2012-Present):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Systems Biology (Harvard Medical School)
- Advisor : Prof. Peter Sorger
(April 2012):
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (University of Michigan)
***University of Michigan College of Engineering 2011 Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award***
- Advisor : Prof. Jennifer J. Linderman (Chemical Engineering, U of M)
- Co-Mentor : Prof. Denise E. Kirschner (Microbiology and Immunology, U of M Medical School)
(2009):
M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (University of Michigan)
(2007):
Integrated B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biotechnology (Bioprocess Engineering) (University of Tehran)
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Research Interests:
Multi-Scale Analysis of Biological Systems (Modeling and Experiments),
Receptor Dynamics, Cell Signaling Systems Biology, Systems Immunology and Pharmacology,
Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics Modeling,
Mathematical Modeling of Biological Processes,
Systems Biology of Infectious, Inflammatory Disease and Cancer,
Cellular and Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine.
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Honors and Awards:
(2011): Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding PhD Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan(2011): Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan
(2011): Graduate Teaching Fellow of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
(2011): Travel Fellowship, 5th Annual q-Bio Conference in Cellular Information Processing
(2010): Best Poster Award in the 2010 Donald L. Katz Lectureship Poster Competition, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
(2010): Phi Kappa Phi 2010 Graduate Award
(2009): Best Poster Award in the Systems Biology Symposium 2009, University of Michigan
(2009): Rackham International Student Fellowship
(2009-Present): Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
(2003-07): Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology Fellowship
(2001): Ranked 1st in the nation-wide entrance exam for Iranian universities among 450,000 participants:
Received awards for distinction from:
- The Presidential Office, Tehran, Iran
- The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran
- The President of the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran