Our Team
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Dr. Arsalan Nikdoost
Position: Postdoctoral fellow
Background: PhD in Microfluidics and Mechanical Engineering
Project: Delivery of Mitochondria
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Dr. Sarah McColman
Position: Postdoctoral fellow
Background: PhD in Physical Biochemistry
Projects: Placenta-on-a-chip and fetal lung-on-a-chip models
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Mahmoud Abdelkarim
Position: PhD candidate
Background: MSc. in Mechanical Engineering
Project: Evaluation of novel cancer therapies during pregnancy using organ-on-a-chip models
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Yasmin Abdelkader
Position: PhD candidate
Background: MSc. in Biotechnology
Project: Cross-talk between tumor and trophoblast cells
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Luis Davalos
Position: PhD candidate
Background: MD in Surgery
Project: siRNA delivery to the Placenta
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Amr Abostait
Position: PhD student
Background: MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Project: RNA-based fetal therapies
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Kattreen Hanna
Position: co-supervised PhD student
Background: MSc in Pathology
Project: Kidney tumor organoid-on-a-chip
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Abd Elrahman Abouzid
Position: PhD student
Background: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Project: Engineering iPSC-Derived Human Multi-Organoid-on-a-Chip Systems for Translational Research
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Lucas Pope
Position: MSc student
Background: Physical Chemistry
Project: Immunotherapy for preeclampsia
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Yossr Salama
Position: MSc student
Background: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Project: Hybrid polymer/lipid nanoparticles for extrahepatic RNA targeting
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Rayan Ramadan
Position: Undergraduate student
Background: Engineering Science
Project: Physiological and pathalogical placenta-on-a-chip models
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Fiza Butt
Position: Undergraduate student
Background: Biomedical Sciences
Project: Model development for fetal lung hypoplasia