Hamed Massoumi, MS
Lab Manager
PhD Candidate, College of Engineering and School of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
About
Hamed Massoumi is a biomedical engineering PhD student in the Jalilian Lab. He plays a key role as the lab manager, overseeing daily operations and ensuring the lab runs smoothly. He received his BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran. He has two Masters of Science. The first in Tissue Engineering from the University of Tehran (UT), Tehran, Iran, and the second in Biological Engineering from the University of Georgia (UAG), Athens, US. Hamed’s research is focused on developing extracellular vesicle (EV)-based therapies for ocular surfaces and nerve regeneration. He has won one of the nine 2022 Chicago Consular Corps awards and has 11 peer-reviewed
publications, 4 of which belong to the research that he started here in the Jalilian Lab.