Our interdisciplinary team brings together engineering, physics, quantitative biology and medicine to see the living lung in new ways.
Principal Investigator
Hadi T. Nia is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He received his B.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology and did his doctoral training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the supervision of Drs. Alan Grodzinsky and Christine Ortiz. He then moved to Massachusetts…
MD/PhD Student
Andrew Tsao is a graduate of Columbia University and a current MD/PhD student at Boston University. During his time at Columbia, he studied Biomedical Engineering and conducted research with Dr. Elizabeth Hillman, using functional optical…
Postdoctoral Researcher
Byungjun obtained his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Yonsei University in South Korea. During his graduate courses, he developed acoustic wave devices for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine and investigated the…
Master Student
I graduated from Montana State University in 2023 with a major in Biological Engineering and a minor in Biomedical Engineering. As an MS student, my current work in the lab primarily involves data analysis and…
Postdoctoral Researcher
A 2018 graduate from the University of San Diego with a degree in Biophysics, Kathryn spent her undergraduate and post-baccalaureate years in a soft matter lab studying conformational and diffusive dynamics of single DNA constructs…
PhD Student
Lauren is a PhD student who graduated from MIT in May 2023 where she majored in biological engineering. At MIT, Lauren did research in the Furst lab on the development of electrochemical sensors for detecting foodborne pathogens and Covid-19.…
Engineering & Instrumentation
Michael graduated from Boston University's College of Engineering with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. His work in the Nia Lab focuses on designing and fabricating custom hardware for lab experiments, from machined and 3D-printed fixtures…
Research Fellow
Han is a senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering, with a minor in Visual Arts. His past research experiences are mostly focused around fluorescent microscopy and microscopy data analysis. His work in the Nia lab focuses…
MD/PhD Student
Linzheng (Ling) Shi is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and a current MD/PhD candidate at Boston University. At Vanderbilt, he majored in biomedical engineering while researching cardiovascular and stem cell biology. Coming to the Nia…
Postdoctoral Researcher
Rob graduated from Boston University majoring in Biomedical Engineering with a chemistry minor in 2014. He focused on research in theoretical fluid mechanics. Post-undergraduate he worked at Beta Bionics as a software engineer developing the…
Visiting Scientist
Gabrielle graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2020 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Philosophy, and subsequently earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering. At Johns Hopkins, she worked in Professor Peter…
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Our community
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