Hello, I'm Parsa.
I'm a biomedical engineer based in London. My background sits between biology and engineering: I've spent more than 19 months doing hands-on lab work, and I'm just as comfortable building a finite element model or writing Python.
I started in biomedical engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, worked in a hospital supporting operating room equipment, then spent 15 months as a research assistant at the Motamed Cancer Research Institute, developing an electrochemical biosensor for COVID-19. At the University of Sheffield I completed an MSc in Biomedical Engineering, with a dissertation testing a new nanomaterial on bone cells.
Since then I've been building open-source tools that apply code and AI to medical problems, from sharpening X-rays to reading adverse event reports.
- MSc
- Biomedical Engineering, Sheffield · Merit
- BSc
- Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir
- Lab
- 19+ months hands-on
- Based
- London, UK
Experience & education
- 2026
Independent projects
Self-directed
Building open-source tools in Python and SQL: an X-ray filter toolkit, an AI analysis of FDA adverse event reports, and an auditable signal detection agent.
- 2024–2025
MSc Biomedical Engineering
University of Sheffield
Merit. Dissertation on zirconium nanosheets for bone (69%). Projects across cell biology, finite element and flow modelling, imaging and medical devices.
- 2021–2022
Research Assistant & Laboratory Intern
Motamed Cancer Research Institute, Iran
15 months full-time. Electrochemical COVID-19 biosensor, cell-based assays, FTIR, QC checks and lab operations. Co-authored a manuscript now under review.
- 2020–2021
Clinical Equipment Support Assistant
Hakim Private Hospital, Iran
Prepared and checked operating room equipment, kept calibration and compliance records, and trained new staff on device use.
- 2018–2023
BSc Biomedical Engineering
Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
Admitted through the national entrance exam in the top 1% of candidates. Biomaterials, tissue engineering, cell biology and medical equipment.
Skills
- Mammalian and primary cell culture (2D and 3D)
- Aseptic technique
- Resazurin, MTT, ALP and ELISA assays
- RNA extraction and qPCR
- Fluorescence and live-cell imaging
- SEM
- FTIR
- Cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy
- Abaqus (finite element analysis)
- ANSYS (flow simulation)
- SolidWorks
- MATLAB
- Blender and VR (Meta Quest)
- Scaffold fabrication
- Python (NumPy, OpenCV, scikit-image)
- SQL (SQLite)
- GraphPad Prism
- SPSS
- Excel and Power BI
- LaTeX
- C/C++
- AI-assisted workflows
- Risk management and FMEA
- Biocompatibility evaluation
- Quality systems (ISO 13485)
- Root-cause analysis
- Market access strategy
Let's talk
I'm happy to hear about roles, collaborations, or questions about any of my projects.
- Emailparsasava@gmail.com
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/parsavafaeii
- GitHubgithub.com/Parsavafaei26