Nano Detection Lab · 2023–2025
Omar conducted research in the Nano Detection Lab under principal investigator Dr. Tony Hu.
Tissue Engineering and Microphysiological Systems Lab · January 2020–May 2023
Omar conducted research in the TEMPS Lab under Dr. Mark J. Mondrinos in Tulane’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. The lab collaborates with the Tulane Institute for Integrative Engineering for Health and Medicine (TI2EHM) and the Tulane University School of Medicine.
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) · 2022
Annual conference · New Orleans, Louisiana
Presented in the “Lung Cancer Treatment Resistance” main poster session and the Undergraduate Student Caucus and Poster Competition, earning third place and a monetary award.
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) · 2022
Annual conference · San Antonio, Texas
Presented in the main poster session.
Master’s Thesis in Biomedical Engineering
“Defining Input Tumor Cell Phenotypes for Microphysiological Models of Cancer”