Marjan Rafat

Marjan Rafat, M.S.

(Ph.D. in progress)
  • Position:
    Graduate Student - Ph.D.

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

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  • Advisor:

    Debra T Auguste

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D. (in progress), Engineering Sciences (Biomedical Sciences and Engineering), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
     
    M.S., Engineering Sciences (Biomedical Sciences and Engineering), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
     
    S.B., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    ChoKyun Rha (as Undergraduate Student)
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  • Research:
    Intracranial aneurysms

    Fluid dynamics, tissue engineering, and drug delivery combined to understand cerebral aneurysms and probe new treatment strategies.

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  • Other Experience:

    2011-present Scientific Consultant, SGL Medical, Inc.

    2010-present Reviewer, Stroke

    2008-present Mentor, Science Club for Girls

    2007-present Mentor, National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates

    2009 Harvard University Head Teaching Fellow , Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Transport Processes

    2007-2008 Harvard University Teaching Fellow, Drug Delivery

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  • Honors:

    2009-present American Heart Association Founders Affiliate Predoctoral Fellowship

    2009 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University

    2007 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University

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Marjan Rafat's Publications (5)



Marjan Rafat's Posters and Presentations (14)

  • A Novel Bioactive Hydrogel for Aneurysm Occlusion (presentation)

    Marjan Rafat, Lisa Rotenstein, Jin-Oh You, and Debra T. Auguste

    American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Annual Meeting; 11/2010
  • Programmable Morphogenesis Via the Directed Assembly of Colloid Structures (presentation)

    Marjan Rafat, Jin-Oh You, and Debra T. Auguste

    American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Annual Meeting; 11/2010
  • Self-Assembled Three-Dimensional Conductive Scaffolds for Stimulated Cell Culture (presentation)

    Jin-Oh You, Marjan Rafat, George Jin Cheng Ye, and Debra T. Auguste

    American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Annual Meeting; 11/2010
  • Controlled Delivery of Programmable Colloidal Structures (presentation)

    Marjan Rafat, Jin-Oh You, and Debra T. Auguste

    Biomedical Engineering Society, Annual Fall Meeting; 10/2010
  • Novel Bioactive Hydrogels for Aneurysm Treatment (poster)

    Marjan Rafat, Lisa Rotenstein, Jin-Oh You, and Debra T. Auguste

    Biomedical Engineering Society, Annual Fall Meeting; 10/2010
  • Self-Assembled Three-Dimensional Conductive Scaffolds for Stimulated Cell Culture (poster)

    Jin-Oh You, Marjan Rafat, George Jin Cheng Ye, and Debra T. Auguste

    Biomedical Engineering Society, Annual Fall Meeting; 10/2010
  • pH‐Sensitive and Conductive Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Embedded Gold Nanoparticles (presentation)

    Jin‐Oh You, Marjan Rafat, Debra T. Auguste

    Institute of Biological Engineering Annual Conference, Speaker; 03/2010
  • Self‐Assembled Three‐Dimensional Conductive Scaffolds for Stimulated Cell Culture (presentation)

    Jin‐Oh You, George J.C. Ye, Marjan Rafat, Debra T. Auguste

    Institute of Biological Engineering Annual Conference; 03/2010
  • Conductive and pH-sensitive nanocomposite hydrogels with embedded gold nanoparticles (presentation)

    Jin-Oh You, Marjan Rafat, and Debra T. Auguste

    American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Speaker; 11/2009
  • Self-assembled gold nanoparticles embedded in conductive and pH-sensitive nanocomposite hydrogels (presentation)

    Jin-Oh You, Marjan Rafat, and Debra T. Auguste

    Biomedical Engineering Society, Speaker; 10/2009
  • Fabrication of Reversibly Adhesive Fluidic Devices by Magnetic Adhesion (presentation)

    Marjan Rafat, Danielle Raad, Debra Auguste

    37th New England Complex Fluids Meeting, Sound bite presented by D. Raad; 12/2008
  • Coupling Hemodynamics and Protein Regulation In Cerebral Saccular Aneurysms (poster)

    Marjan Rafat, Martin Heller, Howard A. Stone, Debra T. Auguste

    American Institute of Chemical Engineers; 11/2008
  • Investigation of Hemodynamics in Saccular Aneurysms (presentation)

    Marjan Rafat, Martin Heller, Howard A. Stone, Debra T. Auguste

    American Institute of Chemical Engineers; 11/2008
  • Correlating Hemodynamics and Protein Regulation in Intracranial Aneurysms (poster)

    Marjan Rafat, Martin Heller, Howard A. Stone, Debra T. Auguste

    Biomedical Engineering Society; 10/2008

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Aneurysm construct made from PDMS


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