Maryam Tabrizian FRSC FCAHS is an Iranian-born Canadian engineer. A 2010 Guggenheim Fellow, she is Professor of the McGill University Department of Biomedical Engineering.[1]

Maryam Tabrizian
Born
Rudsar, Gilan, Iran
OccupationEngineer
Awards
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineEngineering
Sub-discipline
  • Nanomedicine
  • regenerative medicine
InstitutionsMcGill University

Biography

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Maryam Tabrizian was born in Rudsar, a city in Gilan province, Iran, and obtained her bachelor's degree in applied chemistry at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 1980.[2] She later moved to Pierre and Marie Curie University, where she obtained her MSc in 1986 and, in a joint program with ESPCI Paris, her PhD in 1990.[3] She later obtained her MBA from HEC Montréal in 1999.[3] She later started working at McGill University, where became a professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering and at the Faculty of Dentistry and was director of the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies [fr]'s Centre for Biorecognition and Biosensors from 2002 until 2011.[4][2]

Tabrizian specializes in nanomedicine and regenerative medicine.[2] She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010, during which she researched cells' interactions with biomaterial and other cells with the teams of Ali Khademhosseini and Albert Sacco.[2] In 2011, she became the editor-in-chief of the materials science journal Materials.[4] In 2022, she became the first editor-in-chief of biomaterials journal Exploration of BioMat-X.[5]

In the early-2010s, Tabrizian was elected a Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering.[4][6] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2017.[7] In October 2019, she was appointed Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine.[8] She won the Network for Oral and Bone Health Research's 2020-2021 CP Leblond Award.[9] She is also a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and an American Dental Education Association Leadership Institute Fellow.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Maryam Tabrizian". McGill University Biological and Biomedical Engineering. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Maryam Tabrizian". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Maryam Tabrizian, MBA, PhD". McGill University. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Clow, Jasper (May 6, 2021). "The Science of Everything". MDPI. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Prof. Maryam Tabrizian Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Exploration of BioMat-X". Open Exploration Publishing. September 13, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "CURRENT FELLOWS". International College of Fellows of Biomaterials Science & Engineering. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  7. ^ "Class of 2017" (PDF). Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  8. ^ "Canada Research Chair - Maryam Tabrizian". Canada Research Chairs. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  9. ^ "" CP Leblond " award". Network for Oral and Bone Health Research. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "Tabrizian, Maryam". Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  11. ^ "ADEA Leadership Institute Classes". American Dental Education Association. Retrieved November 21, 2024.