Dr. Shadi Othman: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of the Pacific |Stockton, CA Principal Investigator | 07 2020 – present
Private university with focus on undergraduate education Associate Professor| 08 2015 – 08 2020
- Established the tissue engineering (TE) program offering new undergraduate courses/graduated three master students
- Received the NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award ($380K) on assessment of tissue-engineered constructs
- Taught courses across multiple disciplines (imaging, biomechanics, instrumentation, research methods, and TE)
- Supervise multiple industry, graduate, and undergraduate workers on carrying the tasks proposed in the NIH grant
University of Nebraska | Lincoln, NE Assistant & Associate Professor | 08 2008 – 08 2015
Public Research University famous for its football team
- Employed through the Program of Excellence (POE) program where he Translational and Regenerative Medicine Imaging laboratory using MRI was dedicated with a 9.4T scanner and a near-infrared optical imager designated for disease diagnostic in animal models and tissue engineering applications
- Secured private, state, and federal funding totaling ~ $4 million as a principal investigator and a co-investigator
- Supervised/prepared research manuscripts, designed research trials, and secured continuous funding for daily operation including animal trials and staff support (two postdoctoral scholars and two Ph.D. students)
- Developed and patented an MRI compatible bioreactor (Patent number: 9051541)
University of Illinois | Chicago, IL Research Assistant Professor | 01 2005 – 06 2007
Major Research University in Illinois
- Helped secure federal funding to develop a new imaging technology – microscopic magnetic resonance elastography
- Taught multiple undergraduate and graduate bioengineering courses in medical imaging
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
University of Nebraska Assistant & Associate Professor | 08 2008 – 08 2015
- Led a 25+member interdisciplinary team in the areas of tissue engineering, molecular biology, immunology, magnetic resonance imaging and engineering mechanics
- Initiated collaborations with academia (University of Nebraska Medical Center, Columbia, Tufts, and Center for Cancer Research and the University of Tennessee), and the industry (LI-COR Biosciences).
EDUCATION
Georgia Southwestern State University
MBA (AACSB-accredited)| 12 2021
University of Chicago – Chicago, Il
Postdoctoral Scholar | 04 2008
University of Illinois – Chicago, Il
Ph.D., Bioengineering | 12 2004
Illinois Institute of Technology– Chicago, Il
M.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | 05 2002
Jordan University of Science and Technology– Irbid, Jordan
B.S., Mechanical Engineering| 05 1999
ADDITIONAL Skills
- Business Courses: Quantitative Management, Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Advanced Finance, Management, Business Strategy, Leadership, Human Resource Management, Managerial Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing.
- New Manager Boot Camp, UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education, 09 2014
- Panel Reviewer (NIH NGMS 21, MEDI013; MTE 09 & 11; NSF Nano and Bio Mechanics, 09)