PhD Candidate, University of Connecticut United States
Farnoosh Saeedinejad is a driven biomedical engineer completing her Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut (May 2025), with research spanning scaffold design for tissue engineering, lipidic nanoparticles, biosensors, and tumor-on-chip systems. She possesses deep expertise in in vitro/in vivo experiments, microfabrication, and material characterization, with strong cross-disciplinary insight. Her research emphasizes practical, high-impact biomedical solutions. Farnoosh is a collaborative team player known for innovation and hands-on execution in translational medicine.
Publication Profile
Scholar
🎓 Education
Farnoosh is pursuing a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at UConn, focusing on scaffold porosity control via microfluidics (GPA: 4.0/4.0). She earned her M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering – Tissue Engineering from Amirkabir University (GPA: 4.0/4.0), with a thesis on nanofibrous composite scaffolds for neural tissue. Her B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering – Biomaterials Engineering, also from Amirkabir (GPA: 3.8/4.0), involved conductive scaffolds for spinal cord repair. She ranked top in her class in both M.Sc. and B.Sc. programs.
💼 Experience
Farnoosh serves as a Graduate Research Assistant at UConn Health, leading scaffold fabrication for tissue engineering, microfluidic-based 3D printing, prevascularized tissue constructs, and cultured meat bioengineering. She previously worked on lipid nanoparticles and biosensors at the Institute of Material Science and interned at Encapsulate LLC, optimizing tumor-on-chip systems, including those launched aboard the ISS. Earlier, she coordinated a tissue engineering lab at Amirkabir University, mentoring students and managing lab operations.
🏆 Awards & Honors
Farnoosh ranked in the top 0.1% in Iran’s national university entrance exam (2010), was 1st in her M.Sc. class, and 3rd in her B.Sc. class at Amirkabir University. She is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society (since 2022) and John Lof Leadership Academy (2018–2019). She was selected for the CTNext/Encapsulate talent bridge program (2021), and holds a U.S. patent (2022) for plant-based photocrosslinkable biomaterials in regenerative medicine.
🔬 Research Focus
Farnoosh’s research bridges biomaterials, tissue engineering, and drug delivery. She develops macroporous hydrogels, 3D-bioprinted scaffolds, and intrafibrillar microchannel networks for muscle regeneration and cultured meat. She engineers lipidic nanocarriers for intracellular drug delivery and designs biosensors using novel amplification strategies. Her work on tumor-on-chip systems and microfluidics supports translational oncology and space-based biomedicine. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates biology, material science, and microengineering to solve complex biomedical problems.
📝 Conclusion
Farnoosh SaeediNejad is an exceptional and well-rounded candidate for the Best Researcher Award, especially in the emerging investigator or early-career researcher category. Her blend of technical mastery, interdisciplinary innovation, impactful publications, and translational research (including space-based biomedical systems) places her at the forefront of biomedical engineering. With time, expanded grant leadership and international visibility will further solidify her place as a leading researcher.
Publication Top Notes
📄 1. Repurposing biomedical muscle tissue engineering for cellular agriculture: challenges and opportunities
Year: 2023
Authors: M. Samandari, F. Saeedinejad, J. Quint, S.X.Y. Chuah, R. Farzad, A. Tamayol
📄 2. Dissolvable immunomodulatory microneedles for treatment of skin wounds
Year: 2024
Authors: P. Ghelich, M. Samandari, A. Hassani Najafabadi, A. Tanguay, J. Quint, …
📄 3. Effect of drug-to-lipid ratio on nanodisc-based tenofovir drug delivery to the brain for HIV-1 infection
Year: 2022
Authors: C.R. Garcia, A.T. Rad, F. Saeedinejad, A. Manojkumar, D. Roy, H. Rodrigo, …
📄 4. Benefits of In Situ Foamed and Printed Porous Scaffolds in Wound Healing
Year: 2024
Authors: A. Seyedsalehi, F. Saeedinejad, S. Toro, F. Alipanah, J. Quint, T.A. Schmidt, …
📄 5. In Situ-Formed Tissue-Adhesive Macroporous Scaffolds Enhance Cell Infiltration and Tissue Regeneration
Year: 2025
Authors: F. Saeedinejad, F. Alipanah, S. Toro, N. Pereira, D. Ghanbariamin, I. Jozic, …
📄 6. Biodegradable Oxygen‐Generating Microneedle Patches for Regenerative Medicine Applications
Year: 2025
Authors: L. Barnum, M. Samandari, Y. Suhail, S. Toro, A. Novin, P. Ghelich, J. Quint, …
📄 7. Nanoliposome functionalized colloidal GelMA inks for 3D printing of scaffolds with multiscale porosity
Year: 2024
Authors: E. Omidvari, M. Samandari, D. Ghanbariamin, E.M. Lara, J. Quint, …
📄 8. Three-dimensionally Printed Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA) Scaffolds For Culture Of Hematopoietic Stem And Progenitor Cells
Year: 2024
Authors: N.S. Pereira, E.C. Mollocana-Lara, M. Kutrolli, E.N. McEwen, F. Saeedinejad, …
📄 9. Photo-crosslinkable plant-based materials, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
Year: 2024
Authors: A. Tamayol, M. Samandari, F. Saeedinejad, J.P. Quint, E.A. Tehrany-Kahn, …