Our Team
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Dr. Arsalan Nikdoost
Position: Postdoctoral fellow
Background: PhD in Microfluidics
Project: Delivery of Mitochondria
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Dr. Sarah McColman
Position: Postdoctoral fellow
Background: PhD in Physical Chemistry
Projects: Placenta-on-a-chip and fetal lung-on-a-chip models
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Mahmoud Abdelkarim
Position: PhD student
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 student
Background: MSc. in Biotechnology
Project: Cross-talk between tumor and trophoblast cells
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Luis Davalos
Position: PhD student
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: Responsive Drug Delivery Systems
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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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Lucas Pope
Position: MSc student
Background: Physical Chemistry
Project: Immunotherapy for preeclampsia
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Laura Edmonds
Position: MEng student
Background: Biomedical Engineering and Nanoscience
Project: Cancer organoid-on-a-chip
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Pauline Chavrier
Position: Visiting PhD student
Background: BSc in Bioengineering
Project: Peptide-tagged nanoparticles for placental targeting
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Paulette Peram
Position: Research Intern
Background: Computer Science & Biology
Project: Omics approaches for assessment of nanoparticle-cell interaction
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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
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Rami Albanna
Position: Undergraduate student
Background: Biochemistry
Project: Enhancing placental uptake of lipid nanoparticles