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Portrait of Sara Sheikhlary

Honor Society® member

Sara Sheikhlary

Graduate Research Assistant at Sarver Heart Center, The University of Arizona.

  • University of Arizona
  • biomedical engineering
  • USA

Member since March 2022

Education

  • The University of Arizona

    Biomedical Engineering with minor in Pharmaceutical Sciences

    2021 – 2026

  • Kharazmi University

    Biology - Plant Sciences

    2017 – 2020

Honors and awards

  • Selected as one of the worthies of appreciating idea owners by the 8th festival of top ideas at Alborz Province, Iran. (February 2022).

  • Winner of special invention and innovation cup at the International Invention & Trade Expo London (October 2021).

  • Winner of gold medal at the International Invention & Trade Expo London (October 2021).

  • Winner of Dean’s Fellowship Award, by Drexel University (April 2021).

  • Winner of Nano Scholarship Award, by University of South Florida (April 2021).

  • Considered as an exceptional talent by Kharazmi University (February 2020).

  • First student in the Faculty of Biological Sciences of Kharazmi University who completed the four-year bachelor’s program in three years (January 2020).

  • Ranked first in bachelor’s program, total GPA 19.35/ 20 (equivalent to : 3.99 of 4 scale) (January 2020).

  • The only bachelor student in Alborz province who was selected as one of the elite students of Iran (December 2019).

  • Selected as one of the elite students of Iran and was awarded educational prizes by Iran's National Elites Foundation (INEF) (December 2019).

  • Invited to the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology as an exceptional talent (November 2019).

  • Awarded educational prizes by Iran's National Elites Foundation (INEF) (December 2018).

Goals and interests

Outside the classroom

Music, Book reading, Horse riding, Mountain climbing, Yoga.

Experience

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Sarver Heart Center, The University of Arizona.

    Jan 2022

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Nanophysics Research Lab, Department of Physics, Kharazmi University, Iran.

    Sep 2018 – Mar 2021

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

    Biological Sciences Department, Kharazmi University, Iran.

    Oct 2017 – Dec 2019

Languages

  • Persian
  • English (US)

Additional information