Pardis Riahi

Biography:

Pardis Riahi received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Alzahra University in Tehran, Iran. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she went on to earn her master’s degree in Molecular Genetics, from National institute of Genetics and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, in 2013. Pardis began her research career at NIGEB for 6 years and in 2019 joined the research group of Prof. Christopher McCulloch at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto as a visiting researcher. Her hard work and commitment were quickly recognized, and she was soon offered the opportunity to begin her PhD studies under the supervision of Professor Tara Moriarty in 2020. Currently as a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, Pardis is focusing on her thesis, which aims to explore the mechanisms of bacterial-endothelial interactions in flow chambers under physiological shear stress.