Principal Investigator
Parisa Hosseinzadeh
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
Department of Bioengineering
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(She/Her/Hers)
Research interests:
- Protein and peptide design, Computational methods in biochemistry, Biosensors and enzymes, Machine learning
Background:
- B.Sc: University of Tehran, Iran
- PhD: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Advisor Yi Lu
- Postdoc: Univeristy of Washington, Seattle, Advisor David Baker. NIH F32 and Washington Fellow.
Other interests:
- science outreach, justice in STEM, reading, sports, crafting
Lab Members
Join the Hosseinzadeh Lab
We welcome people from all backgrounds to our lab. We are looking for enthusiastic and collaborative individuals to join our lab who are interested to do innovative and translational work. We do not put specific ads for positions, so feel free to contact Parisa if you are interested. See our lab agreement to see expectations of lab members.
Our lab's research is inspired on by the problems we see in our society. We take on an innovative and highly interdisciplinary approach to solve these problems. By working in our lab, you learn about different aspects of biochemistry and computational biology. In addition you become part of a highly connected network of scientists through scientific links in the lab. For example, all members become part of the Rosetta Commons community.
Postdoctoral Scholars
We’re currently looking for postdocs that are looking to solve solutions at the intersection of chemical biology and computational biology. In particular, we are interested in postdocs with expertise in one of these fields: 1. Molecular biology and protein biochemistry, 2. Peptide synthesis and chemistry, 3. Computational biology, especially deep learning. Please send your CV, a summary of research interests, and two letters of recommendation directly to Parisa.
Graduate Students
If you’re interested in joining our lab, we will take students from different programs at the University of Oregon including the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Institute for Molecular Biology, and through the joint Bioengineering program. You should first apply to one of those departments, and list our lab as an interest of yours.
Undergraduate Students
If you’re interested in joining our lab, please send your CV to Parisa. To improve your learning experience, you will need to spend ~10 hours/week in the lab for at least 3 quarters. Check out the Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars program; it provides funding for UO undergraduate students to perform a full year of research in a Knight-Campus affiliated lab.If you're interested in a summer internship program or post-bac opportunity, check opportunities through Rosetta commons.
Parisa H. Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
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- Arash Asgari, Lab Manager
- Cassandra Gonzalez, Lab Manager — Currently: Graduate Student
- Christian Topete, Research Assistant — Currently: Scientist BMS Seattle
Postdocs:
- Kevin Harnden, Postdoc 2021-2026
- Edin Muratspahic, Postdoc 2022-2023 – Currently a postdoc in the Baker Lab
- Suchetana Gupta, Postdoc — Currently: Bioinformatics Engineer Clovertex
Graduate Students:
- Wesley Gomorsal, Master’s student 2025
- Karly Fear, BioE Master’s Student 2025 — Currently: Pluto Bio
Post-baccs:
- Waverly Wilson, post-baccalaureate researcher 2026 – Currently: UW
- Pat Janthana, post-bac Researcher 2025 — Currently: Rice University
Undergraduates:
- Hanna Stokes, Undergraduate Researcher 2025 – Currently Master’s student in MinnesotaR
- Ari Perch, Undergraduate Researcher 2025
- Hanna Stokes, Undergraduate Researcher 2025
- Alonso Cruz, Undergraduate Researcher 2024 — Currently: Research at OHSU
- Burke Wilebski, Undergraduate Researcher 2024— Currently: Moss Adams Wealth Advisor LLC
- Saud Zaidan, Undergraduate Researcher 2024 – MD in OHSU
REUs:
- Andrew Fadgen, Undergraduate Researcher 2025 — Currently: Undergraduate Saint Joseph's University
- Sophia Elizabeth Shaw, Rosetta Summer Intern 2025 — Currently: Computer Science & Engineering UC Irvine
- Jenny Nguyen, Undergraduate Researcher 2024— Currently: Graduate student at UC Boulder
- Zack Mawaldi, Rosetta Summer Intern 2023 — Currently: Graduate student at UCSF
- Anh Nguyen, Rosetta Summer Intern — Currently: Graduate student at CMU
High School Interns
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- Melodie Chiu, Camas high school
- Maxwell Soh, Tesla STEM high school — Currently: An undergrad in CMU
Rotation Students
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- Jack Govaerts, Chemistry and Biochemistry 2025-2026
- Preeti Bhattacharghi, Chemistry and Biochemistry 2022-2023
- Alex Guerrero, Chemistry and Biochemistry 2022-2023
- Christian Li, Chemistry and Biochemistry 2021-2022
- Matt Nardoci, Biology 2021-2022
- Justin Svendsen, Chemistry and Biochemistry 2021-2022