Professor Dr. Morteza Gharib

Biography

Morteza (Mory) Gharib is the Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology. He has a distinguished academic background with a B.S. from Teheran University, an M.S. from Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. from Caltech. His career at Caltech has seen Gharib serve in various capacities, including Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Bioengineering, among others. He has held several prestigious positions such as the Director of the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories and the Linde Institute. His research spans multiple areas including fluid dynamics, active passive flow control, and biomedical engineering. Gharib has made significant contributions to understanding the human cardiovascular system and has engaged in developing medical devices such as heart valves and drug delivery systems.

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