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Dr. Mohammad Razavi

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Education:

  • Postdoc: Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (2024)
  • PhD: Georgia Institute of Technology, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering (2019)

Biography

Click to expand Dr. Mohammad Razavi, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL). He earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital before joining UNL. His research bridges engineering and biological sciences to address critical challenges in health and medicine. Dr. Razavi’s contributions have earned several awards including the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, the NIH National Research Service Award (F32) Postdoctoral Fellowship, the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (declined), and the LE&RN Young Investigator Travel Award.

Graduate Researchers


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Prabin Sherpaili

Ph.D. Student in Mechanical and Materials Engineering

  • B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India

📧 psherpaili2@huskers.unl.edu

Biography

Click to expand Prabin is originally from Nepal. His research focuses on computational modeling of lymph nodes, integrating fluid mechanics and multiphysics simulations to investigate lymph transport. Outside of research, he enjoys traveling, trekking, and cycling.


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Veronica Kucharczyk

Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering

  • B.S. in Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2025)

📧 vkucharczyk2@huskers.unl.edu

Biography

Click to expand My name is Veronica Kucharczyk and I am from Huntley, Illinois. I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where I studied Bioengineering with a concentration in Imaging and Sensing along with minors in Chemistry and Electrical Engineering. I am excited to be working towards my Ph.D. at UNL where I will focus on imaging of the lymphatic system. In my free time I like to go to Pilates or read!


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Riley Blitt

Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering

  • B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering, Kansas State University

📧 rblitt2@huskers.unl.edu

Biography

Click to expand I am originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado. I got my undergraduate degree in Biological Systems Engineering from Kansas State University. At UNL, I am working on cell culture and lymphangiogenesis research.

Undergraduate Researchers

<strong>Gabe Wiegrefe</strong>
Gabe Wiegrefe
Biological Systems Engineering
<strong>Ricardo Rosas</strong>
Ricardo Rosas
Mechanical Engineering
<strong>Caroline Slama</strong>
Caroline Slama
Biological Systems Engineering
<strong>Preston Pinkelman</strong>
Preston Pinkelman
Mechanical Engineering
<strong>Daniel Ames</strong>
Daniel Ames
Mechanical Engineering

Previous lab members