**Nathan Wood** (University), (Personal) www.nwoodweb.com # Publications +------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2025 | Rahman, T., **Wood, N.**, Mohan, P, Pei, Z., Qin, H., | | | *Effects of Extrusion Pressure During 3D Printing on | | | Viability of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells in 3D Printed | | | Samples.* Biomimetics | +------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2025 | Taherzadeh, R., **Wood, N.** Pei, Z., Qin, H.,* Establishing | | | a Xanthan Gum--Locust Bean Gum Mucus Mimic for Cystic | | | Fibrosis Models: Yield Stress and Viscoelasticity Analysis. | | | *Biomimetics | +------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2025 | **Wood, N.**, Doria, E.D., Li, W., Pei, Z., Qin, H., | | | E*ffects of Calcium Chloride Crosslinking* | | | | | | *Solution Concentration on the Long-Term Cell Viability of | | | 16HBE14o- Human Bronchial Cells Embedded in Alginate-Based | | | Hydrogels. *Biomimetics | +------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2025 | Rahman, T., **Wood, N.**, Pei, Z., Qin, H., *Effects of | | | Extreme Temperature on* | | | | | | *Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells in 3D Printed Samples*. | | | Bioengineering. | +------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2024 | (Equal Authorship) Rahman, T.\*, **Wood, N.\***, Akib, Y.A., | | | Qin, H., Pei, Z., *Experimental* | | | | | | *Study on Compatibility of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells | | | in Collagen-Alginate Bioink for 3D Printing*. | | | Bioengineering. | +------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2024 | Rahman, T., Rahman, A.M., Pei, Z.,** Wood, N.**, Qin, H., | | | *Effects of Coaxial Nozzle's Inner* | | | | | | *Nozzle Diameter on Filament Strength and Gelation in | | | Extrusion Based Bioprinting with In Situ Ionic | | | Crosslinking.* Journal of Manufacturing and Materials | | | Processing. | +------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2023 | Rahman, T., **Wood, N.**, Rahman, A.M, Pei, Z., Qin, H., | | | *Applying In-Situ Ionic Crosslinking in Bioprinting Using | | | Algae Cells: A Preliminary Study. *American Society of | | | Mechanical Engineers Journal of Manufacturing Science and | | | Engineering. | +------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ # Presentations +------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | 2025 | Poster | *The Role of the Cytoskeleton in the Response | | | | of 16HBE14o- Human Bronchial Epithelium Under | | | | Extremely Acidic Extracellular pH*,Texas A&M | | | | Biology Student/Postdoc Research Conference. | +------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | 2025 | 1.5 Minutes | *The Role of the Cytoskeleton in the Response | | | | of 16HBE14o- Human Bronchial Epithelium Under | | | | Extremely Acidic Extracellular pH*,Texas A&M | | | | Biology Student/Postdoc Research Conference. | +------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | 2024 | Poster/Tour | Assessment of Biocompatability of | | | | Alginate-Methylcellulose Bioinks for | | | | | | | | *Bioprinting of 16HBE14o- Human Bronchial | | | | Epithelial Cells*, Presented | | | | | | | | for incoming graduate students and previously | | | | U.S Department of Defence | | | | | | | | and Italian CNR officials. | +------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | 2024 | Poster | Role of reactive oxygen species in modulating | | | | ammonium chemotaxis in | | | | | | | | *Chlamydomonas reinhardtii*, Texas A&M | | | | Biology Student/Postdoc Research | | | | | | | | Conference. | +------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | 2024 | 1.5 Minutes | Role of reactive oxygen species in modulating | | | | ammonium chemotaxis in | | | | | | | | *Chlamydomonas reinhardtii*, Texas A&M | | | | Biology Student/Postdoc Research | | | | | | | | Conference. | +------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | 2023 | Poster | Initial Three Dimensional Constructs of A Set | | | | of Ionically Crosslinked | | | | | | | | *Chlorella vulgaris Cell Cultures*, Texas A&M | | | | Biology Student/Postdoc Research | | | | | | | | Conference. | +------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | 2023 | 1.5 Minutes | Initial Three Dimensional Constructs of A Set | | | | of Ionically Crosslinked | | | | | | | | *Chlorella vulgaris Cell Cultures*, Texas A&M | | | | Biology Student/Postdoc Research | | | | | | | | Conference. | +------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+ # Teaching +------------------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | Fall 2024, Spring 2025 | BIOL 351 "Microbiology | 48 Students | | | Laboratory" (Texas A&M) | | | | | (per semester) | +------------------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | Spring 2024 | BIOL 206 "Introduction | 72 Students | | | to Microbiology | | | | Laboratory" (Texas A&M) | | +------------------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | Spring 2023, Fall 2023 | BIOL 351 "Microbiology | 48 Students | | | Laboratory" (Texas A&M) | | | | | (per semester) | +------------------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | Fall 2022 | BIOL 111 "Introductory | 48 Students | | | Biology Laboratory" | | | | (Texas A&M) | | +------------------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | Spring 2022 | MCB 3020L "General | 30 Students | | | Microbiology | | | | Laboratory" (University | | | | of Florida) | | +------------------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | Fall 2020 | BSC 4434C "Introduction | 70 Students | | | to Bioinformatics" | | | | (University of Florida | | +------------------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | Spring 2020 | MCB 2000L "Microbiology | 32 Students | | | Laboratory" (University | | | | of Florida) | | +------------------------+-------------------------+----------------+ # Service and Mentoring ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2025 - Ongoing Engagement Chair, Department of Biology Graduate Student Association (BioGSA) 2024 - Ongoing Mentoring four undergraduates in cell culture projects Spring 2025 Exam Proctor, Microbe Mission, Texas Science Olympiad Spring 2025 Score Judge, Department of Energy Science Bowl (High School) Fall 2024 Mentored incoming PhD student Spring 2024 Reviewer for Scientific Reports Spring 2023 Exam Proctor, Cell Biology, Texas Science Olympiad Spring 2023 Score Judge, Department of Energy Science Bowl (Middle School) Fall 2023 Darwin Day exhibition for Department of Biology (elementary school audience) Fall 2023 Mentored incoming PhD student Spring 2022 Assisted PhD student in mentoring three undergraduates in research Spring 2019 University of Florida Department of Chemistry "Chem-A-Thon" exhibition ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Awards ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 2024 Texas A&M Biology Engagement Scholarship \$500 USD 2023 DataBlitz Presentation Award, Texas A&M Biology Student/Postdoc Research Conference \$250 USD 2022 Consortium of Mathematics and Its Applications, Successful Participant (Problem A) 2022 University of Florida Department of Mathematics Robert Long Prize in Mathematics \$250 USD 2017-2022 Florida Academic Scholarship Full Tuition 2016 Eagle Scout ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- # # Technical Skills ## ** Cell Biology** Cell Culture (2D, Transwell, 3D), 3D Bioprinting, Cell Migration Assays, Cell Viability Assays, Immunofluorescence ## Molecular Biology Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, *E.coli* Expression Systems, ELISA, Native PAGE, PCR, SDS-PAGE, Vector Plasmid Preparation ## Optical Microscopy and Image Analysis Analysis of Large Image Sets (\>600 images per experiment iteration), Basic Metrology, Epifluorescent Microscopy, High Speed Video Acquisition, Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (Including Super-Resolution), Live Cell Imaging, FFT/PSD, Denoising and Deconvolution, Segmentation** ** ## Spectroscopy Continuous Wave EPR, UV-Vis (including use of SoftMax Pro) ## Programming Languages (By Familiarity) R (GGPlot2, Coda), Python (Anaconda, Scikit-Image, OpenCV, Numpy, Pandas, Joblib, RDKit, Matplotlib), POSIX Shell, Sed, Awk, C ## **Markup (By Familiarity)** HTML, CSS, Markdown, Lowdown, Pandoc, LaTeX ## **Cloud and High Performance Computing** IAAS (Linode, Vulture, AWS), SLURM scripting ## **Computer Networking** Web server (OpenBSD HttpD), Firewall (OpenBSD RelayD, PF), Amateur Radio Operator (License: KN4TTV) # General Skills ## Data Analysis Data wrangling, Data Visualization, Hypothesis Testing ## Human Languages (By Familiarity) English (native), Arabic (MSA, Masri), Spanish (Latin American) ## **Soft Skills** Accounting (personal and for small laboratories), Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Mentoring, Problem Solving, Project Management, Public Speaking # Education ## Degrees Earned --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Expected 2027 Doctorate of Philosophy, Microbiology Texas A&M University 2022 Bachelor of Science, Microbiology and Cell Science University of Florida --------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -----------------------