Cyrus Karimy

Background

Professor Kourosh (Cyrus) Karimy teaches general biology, physics, biotechnology, and environmental science courses. As a student, he benefited from faculty who invested in his success, and he now works to give back to the next generation through teaching, advising, and academic mentorship.

His passion for science comes from a desire to make the world better for all who inhabit it, which is an interest that led him to biomedical engineering and to work spanning biomaterials, biomechanics, tissue engineering, and diagnostics.

Professor Karimy has taught and mentored students at UMass Amherst, Tufts University, and Northeastern University. His industry background includes roles at Sunbird Bio and Advanced Materials Processing, along with collaborative projects with ThermoFisher Scientific, MilliporeSigma, and the Good Food Institute.

He is committed to bringing industry perspective into the classroom, helping Rivier University students build the skills and experience that open doors to Biotechnology.

Education

• M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
• B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Specialties

• Blood Based Diagnostics
• Tissue Engineering
• Biomechanics
• Biomaterials

Courses Taught

• BIOL 103 General Biology I
• PHYS 111 Physics I
• PHYS 111L Physics I Lab
• BIOL 112 Stewards of the Living World

Recent Publications, Grants, and Proceedings

• Karimy, K. (2024). Serum-reduced culture of tuna cells [Master’s thesis, Tufts University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
• Luca H. Fuller, Kourosh F. Karimy, Paige L. Ruschke, Meredith M. Taghon, Alfred J. Crosby, Seth W. Donahue, Structure-property relationships of velar bone tissue from the energy absorbing horncore of bighorn sheep rams, Acta Biomaterialia, 2023, ISSN 1742-7061, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2023.05.013