Marshall biomedical engineering professor receives award
May 20—HUNTINGTON — Dr. Nasim Nosoudi, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering in Marshall's College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, has been awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation's CAREER Award in the amount $604,047.
The funds will be granted over the next five years and go toward her research project, "Exploring the Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell to Chondrocytes After Electrospraying."
Nosoudi is the first at Marshall to receive the award.
According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), the CAREER award program "supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization."
Nosoudi has been at Marshall University since 2019. She received her Ph.D. in bioengineering with focus on nanomedicine from Clemson University. Her research interests include cell electrospinning and nanomedicine for cardiovascular diseases. Her teaching experience includes tissue engineering, nanomedicine, biomechanics and biotransport.
Nosoudi's project chosen to receive the CAREER award explores a new method called cell electrospinning/electrospraying.
"We aim to understand how this technique affects cell development, specifically in guiding stem cells to become cartilage cells, by investigating the molecular mechanisms involved and the impact on gene expression," she said. "Our goal is to pave the way for future applications of electrospraying in directing cell differentiation, potentially aiding treatments like Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation."
