Amir Sheikhi

Associate Professor and Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering
Amir Sheikhi
Amir
Sheikhi
Associate Professor and Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering
Department Affiliations
External Affiliations
Interests
Materials
Nanoscience
Biological
Address
Phone
814-863-7564
Website
Sheikhi Lab Website
Professional Affiliation(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Courtesy appointment in Chemistry

 

Education
  • B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, 2008
  • M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, 2010
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, McGill University, 2015

 

Research Areas

Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology; Energy and Environment; Interfaces and Surfaces; Materials and Nanotechnology; Separations and Transport

 

Interest Areas

Micro- and Nanoengineering Soft Materials for Medicine and the Environment (Bio-Soft Materials Laboratory, B-SMaL): Microfluidic-enabled biomaterials for tissue engineering and regeneration; living materials; next-generation bioadhesives, tissue sealants, and hemostatic agents; hydrogels for minimally invasive medical technologies; self-healing and adaptable soft materials; smart coatings; hairy nanocelluloses as an emerging family of advanced materials.

 

Honors and Awards
  • Scialog Fellow, Research Corporation for Science Advancement (Scialog), 2024
  • Hisako Terasaki Young Innovator Award, Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, 2023
  • The 2023 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE) Symposium Attendee, The US National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2023
  • Selected by the US National Academies of Engineering for the 9th Arab-American Frontiers Symposium, The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2023
  • Rising Stars, Featured by the journal Small, Wiley, 2022
  • 2022 ACS Unilever Award for Outstanding Young Investigator in Colloid & Surfactant Science, The American Chemical Society, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, 2022
  • Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, Penn State, 2022
  • UNIFOR Global Research Fellow, Awarded by the Institute of International Education, Inc. (IIE), 2019 - 2021
  • AIChE’s 35 Under 35, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2020
  • The John C. Chen Young Professional Leadership Scholarship, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2020
  • One of 9 emerging leaders in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering worldwide, featured on the cover of the Inaugural “Futures” Issue of Bioengineering & Translational Medicine journal, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2020
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2016 - 2019
  • Highlighted by Materials Today and Materials Science News-Elsevier: Beaded GelMA hydrogel outperforms bulk material, 2018
  • Iranian American Medical Association (IAMA) of Massachusetts Young Investigator Award, 2017
  • Conference Presentation Awards (4 awards for best presentations), 2012 - 2017
  • Fonds de Recherche du Québec-Nature et Technologies (FRQNT) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2016
  • The Marcus Wallenberg Delegate Award. Selected as one of the three Canadian delegates to attend the prestigious Marcus Wallenberg Prize (Informally known as the "Nobel Prize for Forestry") Ceremony, Young Researchers Symposium, and the Gala with the King and Queen of Sweden, including a travel award, 2016
  • McGill Engineering Doctoral Award, 2010 - 2014
  • McGill International Doctoral Awards, 2010 - 2014
  • The Lorne Trottier Engineering Graduate Fellow, 2010 - 2014
  • McGill Graduate Excellence Fellowship, 2010 - 2014
  • Best Doctorate Graduate Seminar Prize, 2013
  • McGill Graduate Excellence Award, 2012
  • Top graduate (top GPA) among all (about 100) M.Sc. students, 2010

  • IAChE (Iranian Association of Chemical Engineering) National Honor, 2009