Curriculum vitae
Eman Ahmed · PhD candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ, USA · [email protected]
Education
Sept 2022 – expected May 2026
PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · New Brunswick, NJ
- Dissertation research: random copolymers for protein stabilization in water-miscible organic solvents.
- Advisor: Adam J. Gormley, Gormley Lab.
- Lab profile: Eman Ahmed on the Gormley Lab team page.
- Recipient of the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Fellowship.
Sept 2015 – May 2021
BSc, Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · New Brunswick, NJ
- Graduated with highest honours; Dean's List every semester.
- Inducted into Alpha Eta Mu Beta, the national biomedical engineering honour society, Class of 2019.
- Egypt Higher Education Initiative (HEI) Scholarship, 2015–2021.
- Honourable mention, Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2018.
Research experience
Sept 2023 – present
Graduate researcher · Random copolymers for protein stabilization
Gormley Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University
- Investigating polymer–enzyme hybrids in water-miscible organic solvents using high-throughput approaches.
- Developing automated, plate-based methodologies for evaluating protein solubility and retained activity.
- Presented findings at the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 2025.
Sept 2022 – Sept 2023
Research fellow
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University
- Rotated in the Gormley Lab, building skills in biomaterials formation and characterisation.
- Coursework in nanotechnology, biocontrol and medical implants.
- Assisted with grant writing and execution.
May 2018 – Sept 2018
Undergraduate researcher
Gormley Lab, Rutgers University
- Polymer vacuum filtration and polymer solubility characterisation studies.
- Contributed to research on polymer-based biomaterial systems.
Sept 2017 – April 2018
Undergraduate researcher
Neimark Lab, Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University
- Computational investigation of tension-induced rupture of lipid membranes.
- Presented at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rice University, October 2018.
Teaching and employment
Sept 2024 – present
Graduate assistant
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University
- Supporting departmental operations and research initiatives.
- Assisting faculty with student mentorship; collaborating on grant projects.
Sept 2023 – June 2024
Teaching assistant · Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers School of Engineering
- Led laboratory sessions and supported course instruction for undergraduates.
- Held weekly office hours; assessed assignments and gave written feedback.
Peer-reviewed publications
- Mapping Biomaterial Complexity by Machine Learning. Ahmed E, Mulay P, Ramirez C, Tirado-Mansilla G, Cheong E, Gormley AJ. Tissue Engineering Part A 30(19-20), 662-680 (2024). doi:10.1089/ten.tea.2024.0067
- Automation-Assisted Photoinduced Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Ramirez C, Ahmed E, Mare ED, Pineiro-Goncalves M, Maroulis A, Mulay P, Radford DC, Gormley AJ. ACS Polymers Au 6(1), 181-193 (2026). doi:10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00067
- SAXS Assistant: Automated SAXS analysis for structural discovery in biologics and polymeric nanoparticles. Ramirez C, Mare ED, Byrnes J, Ahmed E, Pineiro-Goncalves M, Lopez C, Murthy NS, Gormley AJ. Biophysical Journal 124(21), 3772-3786 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2025.09.034
Honours and awards
- Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Fellowship
$33,999 stipend with full tuition remission.
2022–2023
- Egypt Higher Education Initiative (HEI) Scholarship
Full undergraduate funding.
2015–2021
- Honourable mention, Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium
For tension-induced rupture of lipid membranes.
2018
- Alpha Eta Mu Beta, national biomedical engineering honour society
Inducted member of the Rutgers chapter of the national biomedical engineering honour society. Listed under Class of 2019 on the chapter's members page.
Class of 2019
- Highest honours and Dean's List
Dean's List in every semester of the undergraduate degree.
2015–2021
Technical skills
- Polymer chemistry
- Photoinduced ATRP, PET-RAFT, random copolymer synthesis, vacuum filtration, solubility characterisation
- High-throughput experimentation
- Liquid handling robotics, 96-well plate assay design, automated enzyme activity and solubility screening
- Structural characterisation
- Small-angle X-ray scattering, Guinier and P(r) analysis, Kratky interpretation, synchrotron data workflows
- Computation
- Python, scikit-learn, multilayer perceptron and Gaussian mixture models, data visualisation, experimental design automation
- Biophysics
- Protein stabilization, biocatalysis in water-miscible organic solvents, coarse-grained modelling of lipid membranes
Service and mentorship
- Biomedical Engineering Student Society
General body member.
2022 – present
- Biomedical Engineering Society
Engineering Governing Council representative.
2018–2019
- Research mentorship
Mentoring undergraduate researchers in the Gormley Lab in polymer synthesis, high-throughput screening and data analysis.
Ongoing