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Evan Zamir Evan Zamir, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0363

Phone:404-385-3679
Fax:404-385-1397
Location:GT: IBB - 2306
E-Mail: evan.zamir@me.gatech.edu
URL: http://www.me.gatech.edu/faculty/zamir.shtml

Areas of Research

    Biomechanics, morphogenesis, cell motility, developmental biology, gastrulation

Educational Background

  • D.Sc., Washington University, 2003
  • B.S., The Johns Hopkins University, 1997

Selected Awards

  • Faculty of 1000 Citation, 2007
  • American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005-2006
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Bioengineering Division) Richard Skalak Best Paper Award, 2005
  • Whitaker Foundation for Biomedical Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1999-2003

Selected Research Publications

  • Zamir EA, Rongish BJ, Little CD. The ECM Moves during Primitive Streak Formation-Computation of ECM Versus Cellular Motion. PLoS Biol. 2008 Oct 14;6(10):e247.
  • Czirok A, Zamir EA, Szabo A, Little CD. Multicellular sprouting during vasculogenesis. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2008;81:269-89. Review.
  • Zamir EA, Czirók A, Cui C, Little CD, Rongish BJ. Mesodermal cell displacements during avian gastrulation are due to both individual cell-autonomous and convective tissue movements. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Dec 26;103(52):19806-11. Epub 2006 Dec 18.
  • Czirok A, Zamir EA, Filla MB, Little CD, Rongish BJ. Extracellular matrix macroassembly dynamics in early vertebrate embryos. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2006;73:237-58. Review.
  • Zamir EA, Czirók A, Rongish BJ, Little CD. A digital image-based method for computational tissue fate mapping during early avian morphogenesis. Ann Biomed Eng. 2005 Jun;33(6):854-65.
  • Zamir EA, Taber LA. Material properties and residual stress in the stage 12 chick heart during cardiac looping. J Biomech Eng. 2004 Dec;126(6):823-30.


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