Dr. Ashkan Shafiee
Dr. Shaffee obtained his Master's degree in organic electronics from the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics at the National Institute of Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and is now a researcher in clinical physics in the department of radiation oncology at Wake Forest School of Medicine. He has received the “young investigator's award” for his outstanding achievements in biofabrication.
Dr. Shafiee’s most recent project deals with fabricating human tissues (engineering tissue from cells from the patient, another person, or another species). Engineering tissues is a way to combat end-stage organ failure, as there is a shortage of organ donors. Scientists hope that successful tissue (and eventually organ) regeneration will be the solution to these long waiting lists of patients in desperate need of organ transplants.
Physics plays a role in biofabrication because the goal is to accelerate the regeneration of tissues and organs. To accelerate regeneration, physicists must understand the dynamics of cellular-self assembly, and the behavior of multicellular systems. After all, cells must follow the laws of physics in addition to their respective biological processes.
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