Parinaz Fathi, PhD
Independent Research Scholar (PI), National Institutes of Health
Independent Research Scholar (PI), National Institutes of Health
Link to UMD Rising Terp Award article
Link to C&EN Chemistry in Pictures feature of the lymphatic vessel chip
Link to blog about the creation of a mascot for my PhD thesis
Link to blog about ComSciCon 2020
Link to CAS Future Leaders announcement
Link to Carle Illinois College of Medicine press release on 3D-printed stents
Link to article about biliverdin nanoparticles on Beckman Institute website
Link to announcement about LANL Advanced Studies Institute on Cancer Center website
Link to Nadine Barrie Smith Fellowship announcement on Bioengineering department website
Link to c&en photo contest facebook post
Some other honors and awards listed on the Bioengineering department website
Link to Research Live! presentation
NIH Independent Research Scholars Program (2022-Present)
NIH Fi2/NIGMS PRAT Fellowship- Intramural Equivalent of F32 Fellowship; Declined (2022)
NIH Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2020-2022)
National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC)/ NIST Graduate Measurement Science & Engineering (GMSE) Fellowship (2017-2020)
NIH T32 Tissue Microenvironment Training Program (2018-2020)
Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship (2019-2020)
UIUC Graduate College Conference Travel Award (2019)
Nadine Barrie Smith Memorial Fellowship (2018)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) Honorable Mention (2018)
UIUC Department of Bioengineering Teaching Excellence Fellowship (2017)
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellowship (June-December 2015)
UMD Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship (August 2014-May 2015)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gemstone Research Grant (2013-2014)
Scientists Teaching Science course (Oct.- Dec. 2020)
NIH Summer Course in Clinical and Translational Research (July 2019)
Graduate College: Certificate of Mentorship (Aug. 2018- May 2019)
Los Alamos National Laboratory Advanced Studies Institute (April-May 2019)
Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning: Graduate Teacher Certificate (Aug. 2016-May 2017)
NIBIB Director's Award- Rookie of the Year (2024)
UMD Alumni Excellence Award- Rising Terp (2024)
One of 20 researchers across the U.S. selected for the Rising Stars in Engineering in Health program (August 2023)
NIBIB Director's Award for Outstanding Scholarship- Xiuwen Wang Memorial Award (2021)
Nominated for NIBIB Director's Award for Scientific Achievement as part of Serosurvey Team (2021)
One of 30 trainees across the U.S. selected for the MIT Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering program (2021)
One of 30 postdocs selected for the NIH Future Research Leaders program (June 2021)
One of 30 students/postdocs across the world selected for CAS Future Leaders Program (2020)
“Microscopic Roses and Thorns on a Metal Surface” image selected as finalist for Nanoartography competition (2020)
“Chip off the ol’ node” image featured in C&EN’s Chemistry in Pictures (Oct. 2020)
One of 50 students (out of 950 applicants) selected to participate in ComSciCon science communication workshop (2020)
“Microscopic Roses and Thorns on a Metal Surface” image selected as semi-finalist in UIUC Image of Research competition (2020)
BioE department Graduate Student Leadership Award (2019)
Coordinated Science Laboratory student conference best poster award (Spring 2019)
FASEB BioArt winner (2018)
Three microscopy images featured in UIUC Non-Majors Art Exhibit (Fall 2018)
Research Live! Finalist (2018)
BioE departmental nominee for MAGS Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award (2018)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society Initiate (Fall 2018)
American Vacuum Society (AVS) Mid-atlantic DC Regional Meeting poster presentation 3rd place (2018)
“Totally Tubular” image exhibited in Science Meets Art: C&EN’s Chemistry in Pictures, ShanghaiTech University (August 2018)
“Totally Tubular” image selected for c&en Chemistry in Pictures (April 2018)
Materials Research Society Science as Art Competition finalist (April 2018)
MRL Fall Biological Conference student presentation competition 2nd place winner (2017)
“Biliverdin Nanoflower” TEM image selected for use in 2018 JEOL calendar (2017)
“Nanosquid” TEM image selected as runner-up for JEOL Image Contest (2017)
UIUC List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students (Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honors Society Initiate (Fall 2015)
Gemstone Outstanding Team Thesis Award (2015)
Semester Academic Honors (Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015)
Gemstone Junior Team MVP (2014)
Thomas and Christine Li Scholarship (2014-2015)
AFCEA Bethesda Chapter Scholarship (2013-2014)
Shapiro and Duncan Scholarship (2012-2014)
Barbara J. Dieter Scholarship (2011-2014)