Ali Shokoohmand

Dr. Ali Shokoohmand is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Chemical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology at the University of Queensland. His research focuses on biomaterials, cancer microenvironment modeling, and 3D tissue engineering platforms.

Research Interests:

• Developing biosensitive hydrogels for drug delivery (2024)
• Engineering bone metastasis models to study prostate cancer progression (2016-2021)
• Designing 3D tumor microenvironments for ovarian cancer and melanoma studies (2017-2019)
• Investigating extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions in cancer cell signaling (2016, 2018)

Scientific Contributions:

• Published 18 journal articles and 5 conference papers on biomaterials and cancer research
• Innovated humanized bone models for metastasis studies (2018, 2020)
• Developed glycosaminoglycan additives to enhance stem cell therapies (2024)

Supervision Roles:

• Associate advisor for PhD projects on viscoelastic hydrogels, multi-phasic disc replacements, and sulfated alginate particles