<strong>Research: </strong>Ahmed Ali is an international student from Saudi Arabia. He got his first bachelor’s degree in Laboratory Medicine from his home country and currently he is doing a second bachelor in Biomedical Engineering (Pre-Medicine and Tissue Engineering Track – Minor in Chemistry). A member of five honor organizations and a CURE researcher, his research is focusing on 3-D bioprinting a model system scaffold derived from synthetic hydrogel incorporating isolated cells from porcine aortic valves in a try to mimic the natural heart valve shape and cellularity. He works in the TEMIM Lab.

<strong>Mentor: </strong>Dr. Sharan Ramaswamy