Group picture, Fall 2017
Principal Investigator
Dr. Sheereen Majd
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Houston
3517 Cullen Blvd, Room 2021
Houston, TX 77204-5060
Phone: (713) 743-0866
Email: smajd9@uh.edu
| Education & Experience | |
|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2003-2009 | Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 1999-2003 | B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Amir Kabir Institute of Technology, Tehran |
| Appointments | |
| 2015-Present | Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston |
| 2012-2015 | Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University |
| 2011-2015 | Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,Pennsylvania State University |
Graduate Students
Chung-Fan (Joseph) Kuo
Ph.D. Candidate, Spring 2017-Present
M.S. in Bioengineering, The Pennsylvania State University
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University
B.S. in Chemistry, Soochow University
Fereshteh Mirab
Ph.D. Candidate, Summer 2017-Present
B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
Yifei Wang
Ph.D. Candidate, Spring 2018-Present
B.S. in Pharmacy, Shenyang pharmaceutical university
Arjun Vasan
Ph.D. Student, Summer 2020-Present
Masters in Business Administration, University of Houston
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston
Amin Firouzi
M.S. Student, Spring 2020-Present
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, University of Rome – Tor Vergata
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Putra University of Malaysia
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Mazandaran University
Spencer Phillips
M.S. Student, Summer 2020-Present
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, nanoscience, University of Houston
B.A. in Spanish Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
Dang Dang
M.S. Student, Summer 2020-Present
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston
Undergraduate Students
Dhriti Patel
Biomedical Engineering
Spring 2020-Present
Abigail Janvier
Biomedical Engineering
Spring 2020-Present
Lab Alumni
Graduate – UH
Claire Holley
Ph.D. Degree Awarded
Summer 2016 – Spring 2020
Next Position: Postdoctoral at Leidos Biomedical/Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
Hanieh Farhadi
M.S. Degree Awarded
Fall 2018 – Spring 2019
Next Position: Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston
Gulsah Malgir
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2017 – Summer 2019
Next Position: Ph.D. Student
| Undergraduate – UH | Major-degree, Year | Next Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatiana Barroso | Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2020 | |||
| Dang Dang | Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2019-Spring 2020 | Master Student in BME (Majd Lab) at UH | ||
| Bridgett Sinquefield | Biomedical Engineering, Summer 2018-Summer 2019 | Master Student in BME at UH | ||
| Joshua Lewis | Biomedical Engineering, Summer 2017-Summer 2019 | Master Student in BME at UH | ||
| Mariam Hosseinigohar | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Summer 2018-Spring 2019 | |||
| Sukaina Alkhalifah | Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2017-Spring 2018 | Business Development Specialist at Ascend Healthcare Solutions, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Ramsha Navaid | Biomedical Engineering, Fall 2017-Spring 2018 | |||
| Raja Abidi | Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2017 | |||
| Miguel Menchaca | Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2017 | Mechanical circulatory support at Houston Methodist | ||
| Mashal Kakakhel | Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2017 | Medical School Student in Sam Houston State University |
| Graduate-PSU | Major-degree, Year | Next Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SooHyun Park | Biomedical Engineering-Ph.D., Fall 2012- Fall 2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Texas Medical Center | ||
| You Jung Kang | Biomedical Engineering-Ph.D., Fall 2012- Fall 201 | Postdoctoral Fellow at University of North Carolina | ||
| Eric VanArsdale | Biomedical Engineering-M.S., Fall 2014- Fall 2015 | Ph.D. Student at University of Maryland | ||
| Chung-Fan (Joseph) Kuo | Bioengineering-M.S., Fall 2012- Summer 2014 | Ph.D. student at University of Houston (Majd Lab) | ||
| Erin Richards | Bioengineering-M.S., Fall 2011-Spring 2013 | Ph.D. student at Penn State University | ||
| Undergraduate – PSU | Major-degree, Year | Next Position | ||
| Eric VanArsdale | Biomedical Engineering, Summer 2013- Summer 2014 | Ph.D. student at University of Maryland | ||
| Do Young Kim | Chemical Engineering, Spring & Summer 2015 | Ph.D. student at University of Houston | ||
| Michael John Porter | Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2015-Spring 2016 | |||
| Submit Pareek | Chemical Engineering, Spring & Summer 2015 | |||
| Hetty Nie | Biomedical Engineering, Summer 2011- Spring 2013 | Ph.D. student at University of Delaware | ||
| Kayla Schnarrs | Biomedical Engineering, Fall 2011- Spring 2012 | |||
| John Miller | Biomedical Engineering, Summer 2013 | |||
| Eva Mei | Microbiology, Summer & Fall 2013 | |||
| Andrew Leber | Biomedical Engineering, Summer 2013- Spring 2014 | Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech University | ||
| Harrison Wostein | Biomedical Engineering, Summer 2012- Spring 2014 | |||
| Rajeshwer (Raj) Jaswal | Physics, Spring 2013- Fall 2013 | |||
| Fadil Ali | Biomedical Engineering, Spring & Summer 2013 | |||
| Darian Nocera | Biomedical Engineering, Summer 2013- Spring 2015 | |||
| Reena Philips | Biomedical Engineering, Summer 2014- Summer 2015 | |||
| High school interns – UH | ||||
| Jaduna Jegatheswaran |