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Kiran Mumtaz Ali

Kiran Mumtaz Ali

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Raleigh,NC

Summary

Ph.D. candidate seeking industry experience. Specializes in project planning, mentorship, presentations, and teaching, with an emphasis on cellular, material, and translational research.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Teaching Assistant

North Carolina State University
01.2021 - Current

TA for MT 432/532 (Biotextile Evaluation), MT 381 (Medical Textiles & Regulatory Environment), & FPS 792 (Special Topics: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering) under Jessica M. Gluck.

  • Graded exams, assignments, and recorded grades.
  • Adapted teaching methods and instructional materials to meet the varying needs of individual students.
  • Led discussion sections, tutorials, and laboratory sections under faculty direction.
  • Provided one-on-one tutoring sessions for struggling students, leading to increased understanding and improved grades.

Research Assistant

NC State University
08.2020 - Current
  • Worked on multiple projects including collagen-based material characterization for wound healing, assessment of anti-viral coating with HCoV-229E virus on Huh-7 human liver cancer cells, pneumatic fiber robot, and PFAS-related study with a focus on the firefighter profession.
  • Work included literature reviews, experimental repeats, manuscript editing, and submission.
  • Presented findings at professional conferences or seminars as required by faculty supervisors.
  • Collaborated with other researchers in developing study designs, methods, and tools for data collection (within Wilson College of Textiles and with Comparative Medicine Institute (NC State University).
  • Lab-related skills including equipment maintenance, stock, and orders to expand inventory.
  • Mentored junior researchers, promoting professional growth and skill development within the team.

Education

Master of Science - Textile Engineering

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Bachelor of Engineering - Textile Engineering

NED University of Engineering And Technology
Karachi, Pakistan

Ph.D. - Fiber And Polymer Science

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Skills

Cell Culture: iPSC/iPSC-CM/Cornea-Endothelial/Cornea Epithelial/Fibroblasts (mouse and human)/Huh7

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Accomplishments

  • Comparative Medicine Institute - Young Scholar Program 2023 Award for the project “Recapitulating the microenvironment of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes with the help of 3D bioprinting”
  • Comparative Medicine Institute - Young Scholar Program 2024 Award for the project "Pluripotency of human trophoblast stem cells and the differentiation to cardiac lineage"
  • AATCC Foundation Student Research Support Grant 2023 for the project "Recapitulating the stem cell microenvironment with electrospun decellularized extracellular matrices for cardiac tissue engineering"
  • Functional Tissue Engineering Associate Member Scholarship through Comparative Medicine Institute (2024)

Publications

1.  Ali KM, Huang Y, Amanah AY, Mahmood N, Suh TC, Gluck JM: In vitro biocompatibility and degradation analysis of mass-produced collagen fibers. Polymers. 2022 May. 14(10): 2,100.

2.  McGarry K, Sefat E, Suh TC, Ali KM, Gluck JM: Comparison of NIH 3T3 cellular adhesion on fibrous scaffolds constructed from natural and synthetic polymers. Biomimetics. 2023 March. 8(1): 99.

3.  Suh TC, Twiddy J, Mahmood N, Ali KM, Lubna MM, Bradford PD, Gluck JM: Electrospun carbon nanotube-based scaffolds exhibit high conductivity and cytocompatibility for tissue engineering applications. ACS Omega. 2022. 7(23): 20,006.

4.  Hoque MA, Mahmood N, Ali KM, Sefat E, Huang Y, Peterson E. Harrington S, Fang X, Gluck JM: Development of a Pneumatic-Driven Fiber-Shaped Robot Scaffold for Use as a complex 3D Dynamic Culture System. Biomimetics. 2023 April. 8(2): 170

5.  Wang Z, Amanah AY, Ali KM, Payne LC, Kisthardt S, Scholle F, Ormund RB, Mathur K, Gluck JM: A standardized procedure for quantitative evaluation of residual viral activity on antiviral treated textiles. Tex. Res. Jour. 2023 April. 98(7-8): 1,602

Mentees

Current Mentees:

1. Bryson Proctor (Undergraduate Student)

2. Tanya Upadhyay (Undergraduate Student)

3. Dhanusha Rajapakse (MS Student)

4. Quinn Morris (Undergraduate Student)


Previous Mentees: 

1. Shane Harrington (Currently in school for MD at Florida International University, Miami FL)

2. Eelya Sefat (Currently acquiring DO from Campbell University of Osteopathic Medicine, NC)

3. Christopher Watts (Currently works as Manufacturing Engineer at Albany Engineered Composites, TX)

4. Lucy Payne (Currently Associate Scientist at Q² Solutions)

5. Hülya Kesici Güler (Currently at T.C. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi)

6. Fatema Tuj Jahura (Currently PhD student at NC State University)

7. Katarina McGarry (Currently Research & Development Engineer at Cook Medical)

8. Jocelyn Zhu (Currently MS at Boston University)

9. Meiji Wang (MS at NC State University)


Timeline

Teaching Assistant

North Carolina State University
01.2021 - Current

Research Assistant

NC State University
08.2020 - Current

Master of Science - Textile Engineering

North Carolina State University

Bachelor of Engineering - Textile Engineering

NED University of Engineering And Technology

Ph.D. - Fiber And Polymer Science

North Carolina State University

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