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Merhdad Kiani

Whitaker Fellow

Subsequent Position: PhD Candidate, Stanford University

Mehrdad Kiani attended Brown University where he majored in materials engineering and graduated magna cum laude in 2015. During his time at Brown, he conducted research in both archaeology and materials science. In archaeology, Mehrdad helped to develop a 3D modeling and database software (REVEAL) specifically designed for cataloging excavation sites. Through this, he had the opportunity to work at sites in Peru, Turkey, and Iceland. In materials science, Mehrdad conducted research in the laboratory of Prof. Ian Wong at Brown University Center for Biomedical Engineering. He was a recipient of the Vincent and Ruby Dimase Summer Fellowship in 2014 for his work on computer simulations of tumor spheroid dynamics and characterization of cells on buckled graphene. Mehrdad received a Whitaker Fellowship to join Almquist Lab as a visiting researcher.

Education

2016-Present

Stanford University

PhD Candidate in Materials Science & Engineering

2015–2016

Imperial College London

Whitaker Fellow

2015

Brown University

BSc Materials Science & Engineering


Publications

The Hair Follicle: An Underutilized Source of Cells and Materials for Regenerative Medicine

Kiani MT, Higgins CA, Almquist BD. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, In Press (2017).

Programmable biomaterials for dynamic and responsive drug delivery

Stejskalová A*, Kiani MT*, Almquist BD. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 241, 1127-1137 (2016). *Equal Contribution

Wrinkled, wavelength-tunable graphene-based surface topographies for directing cell alignment and morphology.

Z. Wang#, D. Tonderys#, S.E. Leggett#, E.K. Williams, M.T. Kiani, R. Spitz-Steinberg, Q. Yang, I.Y. Wong, R.H. Hurt. Carbon, 97, 14-24 (2016).