(2012-Present): Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Systems Biology (Harvard Medical School)
- Advisor : Prof. Peter Sorger

(2011): Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (University of Michigan)
University of Michigan College of Engineering 2011 Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award
- Advisor : Prof. Jennifer J. Linderman
- Co-Mentor : Prof. Denise E. Kirschner

(2009): M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (University of Michigan)

(2007): Integrated B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biotechnology (Bioprocess Engineering) (University of Tehran)

(2011): Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding PhD Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
(2011): Graduate Teaching Fellow of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
(2011): Travel Fellowship, 5th Annual q-Bio Conference in Cellular Information Processing
(2011): Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan
(2010): PhD student department seminar speaker, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
(2010): Best Poster Award in the 2010 Donald L. Katz Lectureship Poster Competition, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
(2010): University of Michigan Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi 2010 Graduate Award
(2009): Best Poster Award in the Systems Biology Symposium 2009, University of Michigan
(2009): Rackham International Student Fellowship
(2009-Present): member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
(2003-07): Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology Fellowship
(2001): Ranked 1st in the nation-wide entrance exam for Iranian universities among 450,000 participants:
Received awards for distinction from:
- The Presidential Office, Tehran, Iran
- The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran
- The President of the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

TALKS AND CONFERENCE ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

Fallahi-Sichani M, Kirschner DE, Linderman JJ. A systems biology approach to identify immune targets that control tuberculosis granuloma function. AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Annual Meeting 2011, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Fallahi-Sichani M, Kirschner DE, Linderman JJ. The dynamics of TNF signaling control tuberculosis granuloma formation. The 5th Annual q-bio Conference on Cellular Information Processing, August 2011, Santa Fe, NM, USA.

Multi-scale analysis of TNF-regulated immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Mathematical Biology Seminar, Department of Mathematics, The University of British Columbia, March 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Invited)

Multi-scale computational modeling reveals a critical role for TNF receptor dynamics in tuberculosis granuloma formation. The University of Michigan Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar Series, November 2010, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. (Invited)

Fallahi-Sichani M, El-Kebir M, Marino S, Kirschner DE, Linderman JJ. Experimental and mathematical approaches to multi-scale analysis of tumor necrosis factor-regulated immune response to tuberculosis. AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Annual Meeting 2010, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Harris LA, Hogg JS, Fallahi-Sichani M, Linderman JJ, Kirschner DE, Faeder JR. A novel computational architecture for construction and execution of modular, multi-scale, multi-algorithm dynamical models. AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Annual Meeting 2010, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Fallahi-Sichani M, Schaller MA, Kirschner DE, Kunkel SL, Linderman JJ. Model-based analysis and quantitative measurement of key components of tumor necrosis factor trafficking in a tuberculosis granuloma. AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Annual Meeting 2009, Nashville, TN, USA.

Fallahi-Sichani M, Linderman JJ. Regulation of G-protein signaling by receptor organization: the role of dimerization and lipid rafts. BMES (Biomedical Engineering Society) Annual Fall Meeting 2008, St. Louis, MO, USA.

CONFERENCE POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

Fallahi-Sichani M, El-Kebir M, Marino S, Kirschner DE, Linderman JJ. Multi-scale modeling of tumor necrosis factor-regulated granuloma formation in tuberculosis. BMES (Biomedical Engineering Society) Annual Fall Meeting 2010, Austin, TX, USA.

Fallahi-Sichani M, Schaller MA, Kirschner DE, Kunkel SL, Linderman JJ. Toward a multi-scale model of tumor necrosis factor regulated immune response to tuberculosis. Systems Biology Symposium 2009, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. *BEST POSTER PRIZE WINNER*

Fallahi-Sichani M, Schaller MA, Kunkel SL, Linderman JJ. Quantification of processes that control tumor necrosis factor availability in a tuberculosis granuloma. The CMPI Symposium on Multi-Scale Modeling of Host/Pathogen Interactions 2009, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Fallahi-Sichani M, Linderman JJ. Quantifying factors that control tumor necrosis factor availability in a tuberculosis granuloma. Midwest Biomedical Engineering Conference (MBEC) 2009, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Fallahi-Sichani M, Soleimani M, Atashi A, Ahmadbeigy N, Fazel E. Differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells into dopaminergic neuron-like cells in vitro: increasing hope to Parkinson's disease cell therapy. 5th International Congress of Medical Sciences 2006, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Fallahi-Sichani M, Seyed-Jaafari E, Semsarha F, Moosavi-Movahedi A.A. Catalytic activity for hematin in sodium dodecyl sulfate reverse micelles as a catalase model. International Biocatalysis Conference 2005, St.Petersburg, Russia.

Fallahi-Sichani M, Seyed-Jaafari E, Semsarha F, Moosavi-Movahedi A.A. Location of hematin in sodium dodecyl sulfate reverse micelles as a hemoenzyme model. 1st National Student Conference of Biotechnology 2005, Tehran, Iran.