Sherif Elbasiouny, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, received the President’s Award for Excellence for Early Career Achievement. Elbasiouny has joint appointments in the Boonshoft School of Medicine, College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Showing his interdisciplinary knowledge and collaboration, he was nominated by colleagues in all three colleges. He is an expert in applying engineering principles to scientific questions that address important issues in modern medicine.
“Sherif is truly a 21st century scientist,” said Tim Cope, Ph.D., former chair, and Chris Wyatt, Ph.D., interim chair, of the Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology; and Nathan Klingbeil, Ph.D., professor and dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science.
Raised in Egypt, Elbasiouny attended Cairo University, graduating with a graduation honor degree, the highest award granted to students at the university. Elbasiouny has made a big footprint in his two and a half years at Wright State. He has established the Neuro-Engineering, Rehabilitation and Degeneration Laboratory, involving several departments.
In addition, he has received competitively funded grants worth over $2 million from the National Institutes of Health and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. This five-year support will enable him to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and advance the function of upper limb prostheses. He has established collaborative research with international investigators around the world.
Elbasiouny developed an inter-disciplinary graduate course between biomedical engineering and the biomedical sciences. He currently chairs a committee to establish a master’s program in Neuro-engineering. He advises graduate and undergraduate students on all levels. A senior design group that he helped mentor was invited to showcase their project nationally at the Medical Devices Conference.
“I have known few at his level who have excelled so brilliantly,” said Margaret Dunn, professor of surgery and dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine.
