Graduates

Maryam Asadi

PhD Student (asadim23@students.ecu.edu)

Maryam is a PhD student at East Carolina University. She earned her BS and MS degrees in Physics, graduating as the top student in her MS program with experience in the synthesis and analysis of nanoparticles. Her research interest is focused on using nanoparticles for drug delivery to combat cancer, where she aims to make a difference contributing to cancer treatments.

Yara Maayah
PhD Student (maayahy20@students.ecu.edu)

Yara is a graduate student in the Biomedical Physics program here at ECU. After earning her BS in Physics with an emphasis in Biophysics from Cal Poly Pomona, she attended San Diego State University where she earned her MS in Medical Physics and completed research investigating the DNA damaging effectiveness of ionizing radiation. She aspires to use her passion and knowledge of physics to find clinical solutions in cancer treatment. Her other interests include calligraphy, music, and physics outreach work.

Sam Minier
PhD Student (miniers22@students.ecu.edu)

Sam received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Old Dominion University and his MS in Medical Physics from ECU. He has had previous research experience working on liquid surface X-ray incident on gold nanoparticles during his time at Ames National Laboratory. He is currently working on magnetic exosomes to assess its therapeutic effect on cancer treatment. He is also pursuing to get ABR board certified.