Dr. Morteza Mahmoudi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and the Precision Health Program at Michigan State University. His research focuses on investigating (i) overlooked factors in nanomedicine and (ii) academic bullying and harassment. He received his graduate and postgraduate training from Sharif University of Technology (Iran), University College Dublin (Ireland), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Stanford School of Medicine. Prior to joining Michigan State University, he was an Assistant Professor at Harvard University. According to Clarivate Analytics, he is among the highly cited researchers for the years 2018 and 2020–2024.

Morteza Mahmoudi

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Member, Precision Health Program

Associate Professor, Department of Radiology

Research Categories with Selected Papers
Nanomedicine and Protein Corona
      • A. Ashkarran, H. Gharibi, S. A. Sadeghi, S. M. Modaresi, Q. Wang, T. Lin, G. Yerima, A. Tamadon, M. Sayadi, M. Jafari, Z. Lin, D. Ritz, D. Kakhniashvili, A. Guha, M. R. K. Mofrad, L. Sun, M. P. Landry, A. Saei*, M. Mahmoudi* “Small molecule modulation of protein corona for deep plasma proteome profiling” Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 9638.
      • H. Gharibi, A. Ashkarran, E. Voke, M. Landry, A. Saei*, M. Mahmoudi* “A uniform data processing pipeline enables harmonized nanoparticle protein corona analysis across proteomics core facilities” Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 342.
      • A. Ashkarran, H. Gharibi, E. Voke, M. Landry, A. Saei, M. Mahmoudi*“Measurements of heterogeneity in proteomics analysis of nanoparticle protein corona across core facilities” Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 6610.
      • S. Sheibani*, K. Basu, A. Farnudi, A. Ashkarran, M. Ichikawa, J. Presley, K. Bui, M.R. Ejtehadi*, H. Vali, M. Mahmoudi* “Nanoscale Characterization of the Biomolecular Corona by Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Cryo-Electron Tomography, and Image Simulation” Nature Communications, 2021,12, 573.
      • F. Giulimondi, L. Digiacomo, D. Pozzi, S. Palchetti, E. Vulpis, A. Laura Capriotti, R. Zenezini Chiozzi, A. Laganà, H. Amenitsch, L. Masuelli, M. Mahmoudi*, I. Screpanti, A. Zingoni, G. Caracciolo* “Interplay of protein corona and immune cells controls blood residency of liposomes” Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 3686.

Regenerative Medicine

      • S. Sharifi, A. Saei, H. Gharibi, N. Mahmoud, S. Harkins, N. Dararatana, E.M. Lisabeth, V. Serpooshan, Á. Végvári, A. Moore*, M. Mahmoudi* “Mass Spectrometry, Structural Analysis, and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Photo-Cross-Linked Human Albumin Hydrogels”, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2022, 5, 2643–2663.
      • P.S.S. Abadi, J.C. Garbern, S. Behzadi, M.J. Hill, J.S. Tresbeck, T. Heydari, M.R. Ejtehadi, N. Ahmed, E. Copley, H. Aghaverdi, R.T. Lee, O.C. Farokhzad, M. Mahmoudi* “Engineering of Mature Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes using Substrates with Multi-Scale Topography” Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1707378 (with cover image). 
      • K. Wei, V. Serpooshan, M. Diez‐Cunado, M. Zhao, P. Shah, P. Bushway, M. Noseda, S. Maruyama, X. Tian, P. Kim, Y. Matsuura, W. Cai, A. Savtchenko, A. Wang, W. Zhu, M. Mahmoudi, M. Schneider, B. Zhou, M. Butte, P. Yang, K. Walsh, D. Bernstein, M. Mercola, P. Ruiz‐Lozano*, “Epicardial FSTL1 Reconstitution Regenerates the Adult Mammalian Heart” Nature, 2015, 525,479–485.

Lab Ethics, Safety, and Diversity

Selected Review, Perspective, and Comment Papers

Nanomedicine and Protein Corona

      • M. Hadjidemetriou, M. Mahmoudi*, K. Kostarelos*“In vivo biomolecular corona and the transformation of a foe into an ally for nanomedicine”. Nature Reviews Materials, 2024, 9, 219.
      • M. Mahmoudi*, M. Landry, A. Moore, R. Coreas* “The protein corona from nanomedicine to environmental science”. Nature Reviews Materials, 2023, 8, 422-438 (with cover image).
      • N. Mahmoudi, M. Mahmoudi* “Effect of cholesterol on biomolecular corona”. Nature Nanotechnology, 2023, 18, 974.
      • M. Mahmoudi* “The need for improved methodology in protein corona analysis”. Nature Communications, 2022,13, 49.
      • M. Mahmoudi* “The need for robust characterization of nanomaterials for nanomedicine applications”. Nature Communications, 2021,12, 5246.
      • M. Hajipour, A. Aghaverdi, V. Serpooshan, H. Vali, S. Sheibani*, M. Mahmoudi* “Sex as an important factor in nanomedicine” Nature Communications, 2021,12, 2984.

Regenerative Medicine

      • N. Mahmoudi, D. Nisbet, I. Pastar, L. Gould, M. Matoori, M. Mahmoudi* “Sex-specific nanomedicine-and biomaterials-based therapies of chronic wounds”, Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2024, 2, 447.
      • M.J. Hajipour, M. Mehrani, S.H. Abbasi, A. Amin, S.E. Kassaian, J.C. Garbern, G. Caracciolo, S. Zanganeh, M. Chitsazan, H. Aghaverdi, S.M. Kamali Shahri, A. Ashkarran, M. Raoufi, H. Bauser-Heaton, J. Zhang, J.D. Muehlschlegel, A. Moore, R.T. Lee, J.C. Wu, V. Serpooshan, M. Mahmoudi* “Nanoscale Technologies for Prevention and Treatment of Heart Failure: Challenges and Opportunities” Chemical Reviews, 2019, 119(21), 11352-11390 (with cover image).
      • M. Mahmoudi*, M. Yu, V. Serpooshan, J. Wu, R. Langer, R. Lee, J. Karp, O. Farokhzad* “Multiscale technologies for treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy”, Nature Nanotechnology, 2017, 12, 845-855.

 Lab Ethics, Safety, and Diversity

      • M. Mahmoudi* “Academic bullying slows the evolution of science” Nature, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00706-4.
      • M. Mahmoudi* “Academic bullying slows the evolution of science” Nature Reviews Materials, 2023, 8, 301-303.
      • D. Kostakopoulou*, M. Mahmoudi* “Academic cyberbullying” EClinMed, 2022, 53, 101714.
      • S. Täuber, L. Keashly, S. Moss, J. Swann, L. Hollis, L. Crockett, P. Sareh, M. Mahmoudi* “Academic harassment: The need for interdependent actions of stakeholders” EClinMed, 2022, 49, 101481.
      • M. Mahmoudi*, L. Keashly* “Filling the Space: A Framework for Coordinated Global Actions to Diminish Academic Bullying”, Angewandte Chemie, 2021, 133 (7), 3378-3384.
Selected Editorial Papers

Nanomedicine and Protein Corona

      • N. Mahmoudi, Morteza Mahmoudi* “Effect of cholesterol on nanomedicine biomolecular corona”, Nature Nanotechnology, 2023,18, 974-976
      • M. Mahmoudi* “Antibody orientation determines corona mistargeting capability”, Nature Nanotechnology, 2018, 13, 775.

Regenerative Medicine

      • M. Mahmoudi*, O.C. Farokhzad* “Cancer immunotherapy: Wound-bound checkpoint blockade”, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2017, 1, 31.

Lab Ethics, Safety, and Diversity

      • N. Olivieri*, M. Mahmoudi* “Industry: poor record for bullying or whistleblowing”, Nature, 2023, 619, 465.
      • S. Hosseinpour, S. Ameli Hajebi, P. Sareh, M. Mahmoudi* “Consider the home research environments of international students”, Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, 7, 660-661.
      • M. Mahmoudi* “Prevent upwards bullying and abuse of reporting systems”, Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, 7, 466-467.
      • S. Täuber*, M. Mahmoudi* “Disrupting targets’ dependency on bullies”, Science, 2022, 375, 1239.
      • S. Täuber*, M. Mahmoudi* “How bullying becomes a career tool”, Nature Human Behaviour, 2022, 6, 475.
      • M. Mahmoudi* “Academic bullying: How to be an ally”, Science, 2021, 373, 974.
      • M. Mahmoudi* “A survivor’s guide to academic bullying”, Nature Human Behaviour, 2020, 4, 1091.
      • M. Mahmoudi* S. Moss*“Tie-up institution’s reputation with anti-bullying record”, Nature, 2019, 572, 439.
      • M. Mahmoudi* “The need for establishment of global committee on academic behaviour ethics”, The Lancet, 2019, 394, 1410.
      • M. Mahmoudi* “Improve reporting systems for academic bullying”, Nature, 2018, 562, 494
   Honors and Awards
  • Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1% in Web of Science), Clarivate Analytics

2024

  • Stanford University World’s Top 2% Scientists

2024

  • Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1% in Web of Science), Clarivate Analytics

2023

  • Stanford University World’s Top 2% Scientists

2023

  • Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1% in Web of Science), Clarivate Analytics

2022

  • Stanford University World’s Top 2% Scientists

2022

  • Scialog Fellow in advancing bioImaging

2021

  • Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1% in Web of Science), Clarivate Analytics

2021

  • Stanford University World’s Top 2% Scientists

2021

  • Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1% in Web of Science), Clarivate Analytics

2020

  • IAAM Innovation Award, Ulrika, Sweden

2020

  • Academic Communications Fellowship, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

2020

  • NSF I-Corp Award

2019

  • IGNITE Award, Connors Center for Women’s Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

2019

  • BRI Future Prize, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

2019

  • Department of Anesthesiology’s Collaborative Award), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

2019

  • Academy of Translational Medicine Professional Certificate, European Society for Translational Medicine

2019

  • Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1% in Web of Science), Clarivate Analytics

2018

  • Innovation Award, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

2018

  • Stepping Strong Innovator Awards ($289,000), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

2018

  • 1st Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) prize in Biological Sciences

2016

  • Best Poster Award, Annual Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology

2016

  • Nanoscience Research Leader Award, Publishing Division of Cognizure

2015

  • 16th Royan International Research Award, Royan Institute

2015

  • European Science Foundation Grant

2012

  • European Science Foundation Grant

2011

  • Shahid Chamran Award, National Endowment for the Elite

2011

  • National Distinguished PhD Graduate Award, Iran Ministry of Science

2011

  • Dr. Mojtahedi’s Innovation Award, Sharif University of Technology

2010

  • European Science Foundation Grant

2010

  • Scholarship Award, Iran Ministry of Science 

2009

  • 11th Kharazmi Young Festival Award, Iran Ministry of Science

2009

  • Exceptional Talents Award, Sharif University of Technology

2008