Muhammad Zaman, PhD

Professor (BME, MSE); Director, Center on Forced Displacement

Office 36 Cummington St, Room 315
Email zaman@bu.edu
Phone (617) 358-5881
Fax (617) 353-6766
Website The Zaman Lab
Alternate Website Center on Forced Displacement

In the News

Microplastics Could Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance, Zaman Lab Finds
March 11, 2025
"There are microplastics all around us, and even more so in impoverished places where sanitation may be limited." [ More ]
A Year Later, Seeking Common Ground
October 7, 2024
ENG Professor Muhammad Zaman leads one of BU's working groups promoting inclusive, civil dialogue on campus. [ More ]

Publications

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Research Areas

Current research in the Zaman lab uses multi-disciplinary approaches to improve health outcomes among refugees, internally displaced persons and stateless communities. Our research approaches use computational, experimental and field-based methods, along with strong partnership with scholars and researchers on the ground to understand the dynamics of disease in complex emergencies, refugee camps and urban informal settlements. We are interested in systems level improvement of health outcomes and work with scientists, social scientists, humanists, public health professionals and policy makers. Projects include understanding antimicrobial resistance in vulnerable communities, improving medicine quality and access, and developing robust solutions for equitable access to diagnostics. We are interested in developing ethically grounded, context-appropriate approaches (methodologies, programs, technologies and policies) to improve health outcomes among these forcibly displaced communities. For more information – please see the Zaman lab website.

Honors and Awards

· 2020 Guggenheim Fellow
· Member PRESIDE: The government of Uganda task force on epidemic preparation (2020 – to date)
· 2019 University Lecture, Boston University
· Rice University, Rice 360˚ Inspiration Award, 2018
· United Nations General Assembly 2017, Solutions Summit Invited Speaker, 2017
· Boston University Class of 2020 Matriculation Speaker, 2016
· PopTech 2016 Culture Clash Invited Speaker, 2016
· Cambridge Science Festival Curios Scientist Award, 2015
· Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, 2015
· HHMI Professor. July 2014- to date
· Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS) Graz, Austria, 2014
· Scientific American Top Ten Technologies that will change the world, 2013 (PharmaChk; Technology developed in the Zaman Lab)
· IEEE Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award, 2013
· IEEE-EMBS Early Career Achievement Award, 2013

Additional Affiliations

Division of Materials Science & Engineering
Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Departments or Divisions: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering

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

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