We are highly driven, and welcome team members that share our vision of improving healthcare using biomaterials.

Principle Investigator

Dr. Muhammad Rizwan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering (Primary) and Department of Ophthalmology (Secondary), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, USA, 2022-2024

University of Toronto, Shoichet Lab, Postdoc, 2019 - 2021
University of Waterloo, Canada, Yim Lab, Postdoc, 2017 - 2019
National University of Singapore, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2017
Hanyang University, South Korea, M.S. Bio-nano Engineering, 2012
University of the Punjab, Pakistan, B.Sc. Materials Engineering, 2009

Graduate Students

  • Saad Asim

    PhD Student

    Saad obtained B.Sc. in Materials Engineering from National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan

  • Asma Talib Qureshi

    PhD Student

    Asma obtained MS in Biotechnology from National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan

  • Cody Tuftee

    PhD Student

    Cody graduated from Michigan Technological University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering.

  • Omanin Prova

    PhD Student

    Omanin graduated from Military Institute of Science & Technology, Bangladesh with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Postdoc(s)

  • Shajia Afrin

    Research Associate

    Shajia obtained PhD in Biochemistry from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Undergrads

  • Rachel Callaghan

    Undergrad intern

    Rachel is currently an undergraduate student in the department of Biomedical Engineering at Michigan Tech

  • Bridget Hemesath

    Undergrad intern

    Bridget is currently an undergraduate student in the department of Biomedical Engineering at Michigan Tech

Lab Alumni

  • Emma Hayhurst (undergraduate research assistant)

  • Lauren Kiss, (undergraduate research assistant)

  • Ali Dabas (undergraduate research assistant)

  • Eddie Sloan (undergraduate research assistant)

  • Megan Kleinheinz (undergraduate research assistant)