
Afshin Beheshti, PhD Volunteer
Bioinformatician and Principal Investigator at Blue Marble Space Institute of ScienceBio
Dr. Beheshti, PhD completed his PhD from Florida State University in physics and made a transition to cancer, systems biology, space biology, and radiation biology for his postdoctoral training. In 2014 he became an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine/Tufts Medical Center where he continued his research as a systems biologist studying various aspects of cancer including microRNAs, aging and cancer, cancer drug targets, and development of novel immunotherapy. In April 2017, Dr. Beheshti joined KBR, NASA Ames Research Center to be part of the GeneLab project assisting with developing the platform. Currently, Dr. Beheshti has his own grants and conducts research on multiple projects which include: how microRNAs and mitochondria will affect space biology and potential use for countermeasures to mitigate space radiation and microgravity; COVID-19 related research; cancer research; and impact of high altitude on human biology. In 2023 Dr. Beheshti Switched to Blue Marble Space Institute of Science at NASA Ames Research Center and continues his current research. Lastly, Dr. Beheshti currently also holds a Visiting Researcher appointment at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and is the Lead of a non-profit formed on March 2020 working on COVID-19 called COVID-19 International Research Team (COV-IRT, www.cov-irt.org). With COV-IRT, he has been working on many different subjects related COVID-19 research and has already produced several publications.
Dr. Beheshti has been recognized for his work through multiple awards that include: International Space Station Research & Development Award for Compelling Results in Biology from American Astronaut Society/NASA, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, and One KBR Award.
Affiliation:
Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
COVID-19 International Research Team (www.cov-irt.org)
On The Web
Afshin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afshinbeheshti/