Michal Shuman, Nano

With her new nanotechnology, Michal is bringing us closer to literally patching up a cardiac patient's heart  

Michal Shuman, PhD Candidate
Quick Facts
  • Age: 29
  • Awards: Amalia Biron-Cegla Doctoral Fellowship & Marian Gertner Fellowship
  • Field: Nanoscience
  • Grew up in: Ukraine
  • Hobbies: Writing short stories and traveling around the world 

Heart disease, already the leading cause of death in the U.S., is rapidly becoming one of the top killers of men and women worldwide. Fifty percent of people who survive their first acute heart attack will die within five years. At present, heart transplants are the only effective treatment, yet cardiac donors are scarce.

 

Michal Shuman’s research offers new hope. A Marian Gertner PhD Fellow, Michal is developing a sophisticated nano-scale technology that will allow doctors to one day replace damaged heart tissue with a 3D cardiac patch. While her research may sound like the workings of science fiction, Michal has had some tangible results.

 

Under the supervision of Prof. Tal Dvir, a new faculty recruit at TAU’s Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Michal has already engineered the cardiac patch and has proven its ability to withstand the mechanical conditions of the heart. In the future, Michal hopes to conduct clinical trials to test her invention on a living human heart.

 

Outside of school, Michal volunteers at Latet – Israeli Humanitarian Aid helping Holocaust survivors and other needy populations in Israel. She is recently married and plans to start a family next year.

 

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