New Faculty Spotlight: Amir Vahabikashi
Amir Vahabikashi joins the Bioengineering department in July 2023 as an Assistant Professor. He has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University. The Vahabikashi lab conducts research at the intersection of multiscale mechanobiology and soft bioelectronics. Our primary focus is on integrating engineering, physics, and biological approaches to understand the role of the microenvironment, cytoskeleton, and nucleoskeleton in mechanobiology of ocular and neuromuscular systems. Furthermore, we focus on engineering compliant multimodal bioelectronic interfaces that facilitate mechanobiology studies at the organoid and tissue scale with projections for advanced regenerative engineering and therapeutics.