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Assoc. Prof & ARC #DECRA Fellow @Uni_Newcastle | Plasma Bio-Engineering Group Leader 🧬⚡️; @Sydney_Uni Affiliate | #Biomaterials & #Sustainability

Sydney, New South Wales
Joined March 2011
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Our paper on engineering polymeric nanoparticles for #cancer therapy, on the cover of #NanoToday! Read the full paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @HMRIAustralia @SydneyNano @PrecisionMedUON
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Excited to be promoted to Associate Professor at @Uni_Newcastle! Grateful to the amazing colleagues, students, and mentors who made this journey possible! @PrecisionMedUON @UON_research #PlasmaBioEngLab
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So proud of my PhD student, Elmer Austria, whose project on plasma polymer nanoparticles for precision #cancer therapy was selected as one of the top 100 prototypes for the Prototypes for Humanity exhibition in Dubai! @HMRIAustralia @PrecisionMedUON @Uni_Newcastle @UON_research
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Loved giving a guest lecture on Plasma Bio-Engineering 🧫⚡️🧬 for @young_DrNo ‘s Biomaterials course at @Sydney_Uni today—with a truly inspiring group of Biomedical Engineering students! @Uni_Newcastle
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Had an amazing day at #UQ, reconnecting with brilliant researchers and rising stars @drkgulati, @HaoSong15 and @AmiralianLab ✨🤝🏼 Awesome discussions and exciting collaborations ahead! 🚀 @Uni_Newcastle @UON_research @HMRIAustralia @PrecisionMedUON
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Thankful to @ITI_org for supporting our Plasma Bio-Engineering research at @Uni_Newcastle, @HMRIAustralia and @Sydney_Uni. Honoured to be featured in their "My life beyond research" series. @UON_research @PrecisionMedUON @SydneyNano
Today on “My life beyond research”: Dr. Behnam Akhavan, Plasma Bio-Engineering Group Leader at the school of Engineering-University of Newcastle. A 360° look at their personal and professional lives from researchers around the world Meet Behnam here: bit.ly/3X6SSpO
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Excited to be back at @UniversitySA next week after 10 years! Proudly hosted by @Zuber_Kamil and @marta_krasowska . . @UON_research @Uni_Newcastle @HMRIAustralia @PrecisionMedUON
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The beautiful #DonMorrisWalk on the @Uni_Newcastle #Callaghan campus is a hidden gem! A perfect spot for a peaceful start to the day 🌅🌿 (🔉 Sound on!)
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After many years, it was fantastic to reconnect with @SalehiSahar5, my fellow graduate from #IUT, and see the amazing research she is doing @unibt on hydrogel biomaterials. Excited about the collaborations we have now in store 🇩🇪🍺🇦🇺🦘—stay tuned! @Uni_Newcastle @PrecisionMedUON
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So excited to be awarded 2nd Place in the Three Minute Thesis competition at the School of Engineering @UON_research @Uni_Newcastle 🎉🥈Thank you to the judging panel and my supervisor Dr. @BehnamAkhavan for his constant support! #3MT #HDR festival #phdlife #PlasmaBioEngLab
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Thank you for the warm welcome, @Boccaccini_Lab! So excited about the potential for our collaborations! @HMRIAustralia @PrecisionMedUON @UON_research
Many thanks Dr. Behnam Akhavan @BehnamAkhavan Senior Lecturer & ARC #DECRA Fellow @Uni_Newcastle 🇦🇺 for visiting us @Boccaccini_Lab @UniFAU today and for a very interesting lecture on Plasma Bio-Engineering. Looking forward to establishing interesting research collaborations!
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Today, on #INWED24, I celebrate the talented female PhD students who are working with me in our #PlasmaBioEngLab. Proud of you all… @Uni_Newcastle @Sydney_Uni @UON_research @SydneyNano @HMRIAustralia @PrecisionMedUON
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Dr Possum exploring the campus 🌙🐾@Uni_Newcastle
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It's that time of the semester again at @Uni_Newcastle when the next generation of our #engineers present their final year projects, before embarking on their professional journeys… 👷🏾‍♂️👩🏼‍💻👷🏻‍♀️ @EngAustralia @UON_NOVA
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Had an incredible 2-day visit at @Tim_WoodfieldNZ Lab @otago, witnessing some of their amazing work in #3Dbioprinting! Thank you, Tim and @LabMaxYav for hosting me; and @Khoonono for facilitating this visit! @Sydney_Uni @Uni_Newcastle @HMRIAustralia @UON_research 🇳🇿🇦🇺 – at Christchurch Central, Christchurch City
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Had a fantastic time at Yonsei University’s School of #BiomedicalEngineering in South Korea! Looking forward to collaborating with some of the brightest minds in the field! 🇰🇷🇦🇺🤝🏼 @yonseiunivon @Uni_Newcastle @UON_research @HMRIAustralia @PrecisionMedUON
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Featured on the front cover of Small! ✨ Check out our latest review article, led by soon-to-be Dr @LauraLHaidar, on Surface Bio-Engineered Polymeric Nanoparticles: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @PrecisionMedUON @Sydney_Science @ASBTE1 @SydneyNano @Uni_Newcastle @UON_research
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In Korea 🇰🇷, en route to #WBC2024! Can't wait to reunite with colleagues and my biomat buddies from across the world 🌍, and meet new peers 🤝🏼 @2024Wbc @ASBTE1 – at Republic of Korea
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Meet Mahsa, a PhD student of Biomed Engineering at @Uni_Newcastle and @HMRIAustralia working in our #PlasmaBioEngLab on some groundbreaking tissue-engineering constructs for anastomosis surgery with reduced complications⚡️🧬#WomenInSTEM @Mah15613625 @PrecisionMedUON @UON_research
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Our latest paper on plasma pens ⚡️✏️ for single-step biomolecule 🧬 attachment with significant implications for boosting 3D bioprinter capabilities: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @forge_thefuture @SydneyNano @Sydney_Science @UON_research @HMRIAustralia @PrecisionMedUON
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