Kiran Ali
Bio
Kiran is a PhD candidate in the Gluck Tissue Engineering Lab, working on cardiac therapy and biomaterials. She is notorious for waging war against empty ethanol bottles and has a knack for snapping dazzling shots with a fluorescent microscope!
Education
PhD Candidate Fiber and Polymer Science North Carolina State University
MS Textile Engineering North Carolina State University 2020
BS Textile Engineering NED University of Engineering and Technology 2018
Area(s) of Expertise
Kiran's research is centered on achieving a biomimetic microenvironment by manipulating cellular architecture with decellularized extracellular matrix (ECM) for induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based cardiac therapy.
Kiran is also collaborating with the Shirwaiker Lab on a project titled "Pioneering 3D Bioprinting of Decellularized ECM-Based Hydrogels for Cardiac Tissue Engineering" (CMI/SIRI 2023). Additionally, she is leading the charge on cardiac-specific differentiation of trophoblast stem cells in collaboration with the Rao Lab (CMI/SIRI 2024).