Dr. Nuraina Dahlan BSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Nuraina is an early career researcher and biomaterial scientist with a keen interest in advanced 3D tissue models. She graduated with a PhD in Materials Science from Monash University in 2020. Nuraina is currently a postdoctoral fellow supported by the Living Skies Postdoctoral Fellowship. She works collaboratively between Vaccine Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) and Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan. Before joining VIDO, Nuraina was employed as a researcher at the Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Malaya, Malaysia exploring cardiac scaffolds and microfluidic sensing systems as biomedical diagnostic tools. In her current role, Nuraina focuses on developing advanced 3D lung models using bioprinting technologies to study interactions between highly infectious respiratory pathogens and host microenvironments. Her area of interests include functional biomaterials, tissue engineering, 3D bioprinting and organ chips.