Mayesha Sahir Mim

Biography

Transitioning from a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Dhaka to pursuing a master’s and a PhD in Bioengineering at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at ND, my academic journey has been quite unique and unconventional. My research experience spans from sustainable energy, and machine learning for skin disease detection to working at a humanoid robotics lab aiding older adults and children with autism. Currently, as a doctoral researcher, I am an experimentalist investigating the role of calcium signaling using genetic and optogenetic methods to better understand tissue and organ morphology. Through the Zartman lab’s collaboration with other labs on campus, at Purdue and at the University of California-Riverside, I am actively contributing to projects involving various animal models and sophisticated computational models to analyze and enhance our experimental results. I am driven by a desire to address unanswered questions in developmental biology, leading to the development of tools and treatments for human diseases. Beyond the lab, I am passionate about addressing the societal and ethical impacts of scientific endeavors and defining our roles in science policy formation and science communication as researchers.