{"id":24,"date":"2012-07-10T10:34:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T14:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:00:17","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"\/zaman\/files\/2012\/07\/Lab-picture.jpg\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h2><a href=\"\/zaman\/files\/2015\/06\/Lab-Picnic-2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/zaman\/files\/2015\/06\/Lab-Picnic-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Lab Picnic 2015\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-466 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/files\/2015\/06\/Lab-Picnic-2015.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/files\/2015\/06\/Lab-Picnic-2015-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/files\/2015\/06\/Lab-Picnic-2015-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<h2>Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/profile\/muhammad-zaman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"136\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/zaman\/files\/2014\/06\/zaman-new-profile-pic3-136x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Muhammad Zaman, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">HHMI Professor of Biomedical Engineering;<br \/>\r\nDirector of Center on Forced Displacement, Boston University<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n<h2>Staff<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/profile\/carly-ching\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"134\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/zaman\/files\/2019\/01\/photo-for-website-567x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Carly Ching, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Research Scientist<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/profile\/darash-desai-ph-d\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/zaman\/files\/2015\/06\/Darash-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Darash Desai, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Senior Research Scientist<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n<h2>Post-Doctoral Scholars<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/profile\/neila-gross\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"110\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/zaman\/files\/2024\/09\/neila-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Neila Gross<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n<h2>Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/profile\/ava-maalouf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"136\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/zaman\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-21-at-5.02.41\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Ava Maalouf<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/profile\/johnathan-muhvich\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"141\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/zaman\/files\/2024\/09\/johnathon-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Johnathan Muhvich<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/profile\/rashmina-sayeeda\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/zaman\/files\/2024\/09\/rashmina.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Rashmina Sayeeda<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Ph.D. Student in Molecular and Cellular Biology &#038; 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