Amir Sheikhi
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

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413 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building
University Park, PA - aks6717@psu.edu
- 814-863-7564
Research Summary
Micro- and nanoengineered soft materials for medicine and the environment; microfluidic-enabled biomaterials for tissue engineering and regeneration; living materials; next-generation bioadhesives, tissue sealants, and hemostatic agents; hydrogels for minimally invasive medical technologies; self-healing and adaptable soft materials; smart coatings; hairy nanocelluloses as an emerging family of advanced materials.
Huck Affiliations
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Center for Biorenewables
- Regenerative Engineering and Translational Ecosystem Forum
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Publication Tags
Hydrogels Cellulose Proteins Nanocellulose Biomaterial Hydrogel Biomaterials Gelatin Tissue Microfluidics Adsorption Silicones Application Nanoparticle Nanoparticles Protein Recycling Sensors Nanomaterial Aerogels Polymers Bone Biocompatible Materials Scaffolds PorosityMost Recent Publications
Tissue adhesive hemostatic microneedle arrays for rapid hemorrhage treatment
Reihaneh Haghniaz, Han Jun Kim, Hossein Montazerian, Avijit Baidya, Maryam Tavafoghi, Yi Chen, Yangzhi Zhu, Solmaz Karamikamkar, Amir Sheikhi, Ali Khademhosseini, 2023, Bioactive Materials on p. 314-327
Colloidal aspects of calcium carbonate scaling in water-in-oil emulsions: A fundamental study using droplet-based microfluidics
Shang Lin Yeh, Roya Koshani, Amir Sheikhi, 2023, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science on p. 536-545
Recent advances and challenges in recycling and reusing biomedical materials
Sina Kheirabadi, Amir Sheikhi, 2022, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Highly functional bio-based micro- and nano-structured materials for neodymium recovery
Mica L. Pitcher, Breanna Huntington, Juliana Dominick, Amir Sheikhi, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
Ion Exchange Biomaterials to Capture Daptomycin and Prevent Resistance Evolution in Off-Target Bacterial Populations
Shang Lin Yeh, Naveen Narasimhalu, Landon G. Vom Steeg, Joy Muthami, Sean Leconey, Zeming He, Mica Pitcher, Harrison Cassady, Valerie J. Morley, Sung Hyun Cho, Carol Bator, Roya Koshani, Robert J. Woods, Michael Hickner, Andrew F. Read, Amir Sheikhi, 2022, ACS applied materials & interfaces on p. 42864-42875
A Cohesive Shear-Thinning Biomaterial for Catheter-Based Minimally Invasive Therapeutics
Avijit Baidya, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Gregory Tom, Masoud Edalati, Naoki Kaneko, Parvin Alizadeh, Maryam Tavafoghi, Ali Khademhosseini, Amir Sheikhi, 2022, ACS applied materials & interfaces on p. 42852-42863
Nanoengineered Granular Hydrogel Bioinks with Preserved Interconnected Microporosity for Extrusion Bioprinting
Zaman Ataie, Sina Kheirabadi, Jenna Wanjing Zhang, Alexander Kedzierski, Carter Petrosky, Rhea Jiang, Christian Vollberg, Amir Sheikhi, 2022, Small
Assessing the aneurysm occlusion efficacy of a shear-thinning biomaterial in a 3D-printed model
Grant Schroeder, Masoud Edalati, Gregory Tom, Nicole Kuntjoro, Mark Gutin, Melvin Gurian, Edoardo Cuniberto, Elisabeth Hirth, Alessia Martiri, Maria Teresa Sposato, Selda Aminzadeh, James Eichenbaum, Parvin Alizadeh, Avijit Baidya, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Rohollah Nasiri, Naoki Kaneko, Abraham Mansouri, Ali Khademhosseini, Amir Sheikhi, 2022, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
A Readily Scalable, Clinically Demonstrated, Antibiofouling Zwitterionic Surface Treatment for Implantable Medical Devices
Brian McVerry, Alexandra Polasko, Ethan Rao, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Dayong Chen, Na He, Pia Ramos, Joel Hayashi, Paige Curson, Chueh Yu Wu, Praveen Bandaru, Mackenzie Anderson, Brandon Bui, Aref Sayegh, Shaily Mahendra, Dino Di Carlo, Evgeniy Kreydin, Ali Khademhosseini, Amir Sheikhi, Richard B. Kaner, 2022, Advanced Materials
Engineering hairy cellulose nanocrystals for chemotherapy drug capture
Sarah A.E. Young, Joy Muthami, Mica Pitcher, Petar Antovski, Patricia Wamea, Robert Denis Murphy, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Andrew Schmidt, Samuel Clark, Ali Khademhosseini, Amir Sheikhi, 2022, Materials Today Chemistry
Most-Cited Papers
Sutureless repair of corneal injuries using naturally derived bioadhesive hydrogels
Ehsan Shirzaei Sani, Ahmad Kheirkhah, Devyesh Rana, Zhongmou Sun, William Foulsham, Amir Sheikhi, Ali Khademhosseini, Reza Dana, Nasim Annabi, 2019, Science advances
Advancing Frontiers in Bone Bioprinting
Nureddin Ashammakhi, Anwarul Hasan, Outi Kaarela, Batzaya Byambaa, Amir Sheikhi, Akhilesh K. Gaharwar, Ali Khademhosseini, 2019, Advanced healthcare materials
Reusable Green Aerogels from Cross-Linked Hairy Nanocrystalline Cellulose and Modified Chitosan for Dye Removal
Han Yang, Amir Sheikhi, Theo G.M. Van De Ven, 2016, Langmuir on p. 11771-11779
Structural analysis of photocrosslinkable methacryloyl-modified protein derivatives
Kan Yue, Xiuyu Li, Karsten Schrobback, Amir Sheikhi, Nasim Annabi, Jeroen Leijten, Weijia Zhang, Yu Shrike Zhang, Dietmar W. Hutmacher, Travis J. Klein, Ali Khademhosseini, 2017, Biomaterials on p. 163-171
Status and future scope of plant-based green hydrogels in biomedical engineering
Reza Mohammadinejad, Hajar Maleki, Eneko Larrañeta, André R. Fajardo, Amirala Bakhshian Nik, Amin Shavandi, Amir Sheikhi, Mansour Ghorbanpour, Mehdi Farokhi, Praveen Govindh, Etienne Cabane, Susan Azizi, Amir Reza Aref, Masoud Mozafari, Mehdi Mehrali, Sabu Thomas, João F. Mano, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Vijay Kumar Thakur, 2019, Applied Materials Today on p. 213-246
Minimally Invasive and Regenerative Therapeutics
Nureddin Ashammakhi, Samad Ahadian, Mohammad Ali Darabi, Mario El Tahchi, Junmin Lee, Kasinan Suthiwanich, Amir Sheikhi, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Rahmi Oklu, Ali Khademhosseini, 2019, Advanced Materials
Hairy cellulose nanocrystalloids: A novel class of nanocellulose
Theo G.M. Van De Ven, Amir Sheikhi, 2016, Nanoscale on p. 15101-15114
Copper removal using electrosterically stabilized nanocrystalline cellulose
Amir Sheikhi, Salman Safari, Han Yang, Theo G.M. Van De Ven, 2015, ACS applied materials & interfaces on p. 11301-11308
3D-Printed Ultra-Robust Surface-Doped Porous Silicone Sensors for Wearable Biomonitoring
Elham Davoodi, Hossein Montazerian, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Armin Rashidi, Samad Ahadian, Amir Sheikhi, Jun Chen, Ali Khademhosseini, Abbas S. Milani, Mina Hoorfar, Ehsan Toyserkani, 2020, ACS Nano on p. 1520-1532
Microfluidic-enabled bottom-up hydrogels from annealable naturally-derived protein microbeads
Amir Sheikhi, Joseph de Rutte, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Outman Akouissi, Alireza Sohrabi, Dino Di Carlo, Ali Khademhosseini, 2019, Biomaterials on p. 560-568
News Articles Featuring Amir Sheikhi
Jan 20, 2023
Novel microneedle bandage could save lives by stopping blood loss from wounds
A soldier suffers a serious gunshot wound on a remote battlefield or a machinist has a work accident and gets stuck in traffic on the way to the hospital.
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Jan 11, 2023
Researchers uncover mechanisms to easily dry, redisperse cellulose nanocrystals
Cellulose nanocrystals — bio-based nanomaterials derived from natural resources such as plant cellulose — are valuable for their use in water treatment, packaging, tissue engineering, electronics, antibacterial coatings and much more.
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Dec 22, 2022
2022 Top 10 Most Popular Microbiome Center News Articles
The stories that made the year in 2022 for the Penn State Microbiome Center
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Nov 21, 2022
Materials Research Institute names 2022 Roy Award Winners
Seven Penn State materials researchers have received the 2022 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award.
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Nov 15, 2022
FDA-approved cholesterol medicine may help prevent antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial resistance, including bacteria that have evolved to defy antibiotics, is one of the top 10 global public health threats humanity faces, according to the World Health Organization.
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Aug 24, 2022
New granular hydrogel bioink could expand possibilities for tissue bioprinting
Every day in the United States, 17 people die waiting for an organ transplant, and every nine minutes, another person is added to the transplant waiting list, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.
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Aug 18, 2022
Compost to computer: Bio-based materials used to salvage rare earth elements
Penn State researchers used micro- and nanoparticles created from the organic materials to capture rare earth elements from aqueous solutions.
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Jun 06, 2022
Scientists devise method to help prevent hospital infections
On any given day, one in 31 hospital patients is diagnosed with an infection that developed as a result of care during their hospital stay, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Medical devices such as catheters, stents, heart valves and pacemakers, whose surfaces can become covered with harmful bacterial films, account for about a quarter of such infections. To help prevent such infections, a research team led by Penn State and the University of California, Los Angeles, developed a novel surface treatment for these devices.
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