Professor Dr. Tzahi Cohen Karni

Biography

Tzahi Cohen-Karni is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his B.Sc. degree in Materials Engineering and a B.A. degree in Chemistry from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in 2004, followed by an M.Sc. in Chemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 2006. He completed his Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 2011. Prior to his appointment at Carnegie Mellon, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston Children’s Hospital. Professor Cohen-Karni has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including the Cellular Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator Award and the NSF CAREER Award. His research focuses on unique interfaces between biology and nanoscience, utilizing chemistry and materials science techniques to explore biological systems. His interests include nano-biotechnology, nano-bio interfaces, nanomaterial synthesis, and the development of biomedical nanodevices and sensors for applications in health and disease.

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