Dr Fatemeh Karimi
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 2015-2018, Thesis Title: Nanoscale design of cardiovascular biomaterials
- Master of Science in Polymer Chemistry, The University of Teheran, 2010-2012, GPA:19.11/20.0 (4.0/4.0), Thesis Title: Complex coacervation of gelatin and nanoclay: A fundamental study听
- Bachelor of Science in Pure Chemistry,听The University of Teheran, 2006-2010, GPA: 18.67/20.0 (4.0/4.0)听听
Dr. Fatemeh Karimi is a Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Research Fellow at the 麻豆社madou Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering (GSBmE) and Honorary Fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. She received her B.Sc. in Chemistry (Ranked 1st) in 2010 and M.Sc. in polymer chemistry (Ranked 1st) in 2012 from the University of Tehran, Iran. Her master's degree focused on the investigation of the structure-property relationship of biohybrid coacervates under the supervision of Assistant Professor Nader Taheri-Qazvini.听Then, She completed听her Ph.D. at听the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Melbourne in 2018听under the supervision of Dr. Daniel E. Heath, Professor Greg G. Qiao, and Professor Andrea J. O鈥機onnor. Her Ph.D. research focused on the design of advanced biomaterials to promote endothelialization for vascular graft application. Next, she worked as听a postdoctoral research fellow with Professor Greg Qiao in the Polymer Science Group, focusing on the ocular drug delivery and development of bioadhesives. Her research interests are in the area of polymer science, biomaterials, and tissue engineering with a particular focus on the polymer and biomaterial design, synthesis, biofunctionalization, characterization, and cell-material interactions for biomedical applications including cardiovascular disease, wound healing, tissue engineering, and tissue bioadhesives.听听听听
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- Highly Prestigious and competitive Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Research Fellowship听(CI-A), 麻豆社madou, 2019-2022
- Vice Chancellor's Research Fund (CI-A), 麻豆社madou, 2019-2022
- Graduate school of Biomedical Engineering Infrastructure Fund (CI-A), 麻豆社madou, 2020
- Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme (DAAD)听鈥淎pplications of advanced scaffold fabrication technologies toward functional cardiac patches鈥 (CI-C), 2020-2021
- Honorary Fellow, Polymer Science Group, University of Melbourne, 2019-current
- Awarded highly prestigious and competitive Vice Chancellor's Research Fellowship, GSBmE, 麻豆社madou, 2019-2022
- Travel grant, Particulate Fluids Processing Centre (PFPC) at the University of Melbourne,听2018
- Awarded DAAD Scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst),听Melbourne-Bayreuth Colloid-Polymer Network,听to participate in the 49th IFF Spring
School 鈥淧hysics of Life鈥 in Julich and visit Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM), Max Planck Institute for
Polymer Research, and University of Bayreuth, Germany, 2018 - Travel grant, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Polymer Division, Australia, 2017
- Travel grant,听Melbourne Abroad Travel Scholarship (MATS), the University of Melbourne,听2017
- Travel grant, Particulate Fluids Processing Centre (PFPC) at the University of Melbourne,听2017
- ePoster prize, best Viewers' Choice at Research@Library Week ePoster Competition, the University of Melbourne,听2017
- Treloar Prize,听the best poster presentation by a young scientist, 36th Australian Polymer Symposium (36th APS), Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI),听2016
- Eugen Singer Award, for performing research in the field of polymer, Engineering School of the University of Melbourne,听2016
- Awarded highly prestigious and competitive International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) and the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), Australian Government and the University of Melbourne, 2015-2018
- Granted highly competitive Full听Admission听to Doctoral Program at听The University of Akron (declined in favour of UniMelb), USA, 2015
- Ranked 18/>1000 in the national university entrance exam of PhD, Iran, 2012
- Dean鈥檚 award, for being 1st Ranked Student during master studies, The University of Tehran (1st ranked university in Iran),听Iran, 2012
- Dean鈥檚 award, for being 1st Ranked Student during bachelor听studies, The University of Tehran,听Iran, 2010
- Ranked 1/9 in Master's degree, Top Student, GPA 19.11/20.0 (4.0/4.0),听The University of Tehran,听Iran, 2012听
- Ranked 1/50听in Bachelor's degree, Top Student, GPA 18.67/20.0 (4.0/4.0),听The University of Tehran,听Iran, 2010
Dr. Karimi's areas of research are:
- Design and development of smart听and novel biomaterials and delivery platforms to enhance vascularization and tissue regeneration for applications in听1) chronic wound healing, 2) tissue engineering, and 3) cardiovascular disease
- Design and development of novel tissue bioadhesive materials听