Team

We are highly driven, and welcome team members that share our vision of improving healthcare using biomaterials.

photo of rizwan lab members at a dinner table

Principal Investigator

Dr. Muhammad Rizwan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering (Primary) and Department of Ophthalmology (Secondary), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, USA, 2022-2024

University of Toronto, Shoichet Lab, Postdoc, 2019 - 2021
University of Waterloo, Canada, Yim Lab, Postdoc, 2017 - 2019
National University of Singapore, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2017
Hanyang University, South Korea, M.S. Bio-nano Engineering, 2012
University of the Punjab, Pakistan, B.Sc. Materials Engineering, 2009

Graduate Students

Saad Asim

Ph.D. Student

Saad obtained B.Sc. in Materials Engineering from National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan 

Asma Talib Qureshi

Ph.D. Student

Asma obtained MS in Biotechnology from National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan

Cody Tuftee

Ph.D. Student

Cody graduated from Michigan Technological University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Omanin Prova

Ph.D. Student

Omanin graduated from Military Institute of Science & Technology, Bangladesh with a Bachelor of Science in 

Lab Alumni

  • Emma Hayhurst (undergraduate research assistant)

  • Lauren Kiss, (undergraduate research assistant)

  • Ali Dabas (undergraduate research assistant)

  • Eddie Sloan (undergraduate research assistant)

  • Megan Kleinheinz (undergraduate research assistant)