Hadi T. Nia, PhD

Assistant Professor (BME, MSE)

Email htnia@bu.edu
Website https://nia-lab.com/

Publications

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Research Areas

• Mechanobiology and mechano-immunity
• Tumor microenvironment
• Physical sciences of cancer
• Intravital imaging and animal models of cancer
• Pulmonary pathogenesis
• Aging

Honors and Awards

2024 DoD Idea Award
2024 Sloan Research Fellowship
2023 Kilachand Fund Award for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering
2023 American Thoracic Society Science and Innovation Center Award
2023 Early Career Excellence Award, College of Engineering, Boston University
2023 NSF CAREER
2022 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2)
2022 Beckman Young Investigator Award
2021 NIH-NIBIB Trailblazer Award
2020 Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology (CMTM) Award
2020 Dean’s Catalyst Award
2020 ACS-BU pilot Award
2017 NIH-NCI Ruth L. Kirschstein (NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32)
2017 Best poster award (3rd place), Gordon Research Conference on Physical Sciences of Cancer
2016 Tosteson Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
2016 MGPA Travel Award
2011 Whitaker Health Sciences Fellowship Award
2012 De Florez Travel Award
2011 Finalist in YC FUNG Student Paper Competition in Bio-mechanics and Bio-physics
2008 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Research Fellowship Awards
2004 Japan Student Service Organization Fellowship Award

Additional Affiliations

• Division of Materials Science and Engineering
• Core member of Multicellular Design Program
• Member of Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology (CMTM)
• Member of Pulmonary Center
• Member of Neurophotonics Center
• Member of Photonics Center

Departments or Divisions: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering

Affiliations: Primary & Affiliated Faculty, Synthetic Biology, Tissue Engineering & Mechanobiology

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