Mahdi KarimiMahdi Karimi received his BSc degree in Medical Laboratory Science from the Iran University of Medical Science (IUMS), in 2005. In 2008, he achieved the MSc degree in Medical Biotechnology from Tabriz University of Medical Science and joined the Tarbat Modares University as a PhD student in the nanobiotechnology field and completed his research in 2013. During his research, in 2012, he affiliated with the laboratory of Professor Michael Hamblin in the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School as a researcher visitor, where he contributed to the design and construction of new smart nanoparticles for drug/gene delivery. On finishing the study, he joined, as Assistant Professor, the Department of Medical Nanotechnology at IUMS. His current research interests include smart nanoparticles' design in drug/gene delivery and microfluidic systems. He has established a scientific collaboration between his lab and Professor Michael Hamblin's lab to design new classes of smart nanovehicles in drug/gene delivery systems. Read More Read Less