• Dr. Hani N. Alsafadi
  • 19910317-7110 Palestinian Male Married
  • Revärgatan 5 LGH 1002, 254 61 Helsingborg, Sweden
  • Klinikgatan 26, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
  • +46(0)768722033 ● +46(0)46 222 9671
  • hani.alsafadi@med.lu.se
Print this CV
1
Eduction
2
Current Position
3
Grants, Awards and Honors
4
PhD (co)-Supervision
5
Select Research Supervision
6
Selected Technical Trainees
7
Select Bioinformatics Skills
8
Select Research Skills
9
Select Research Experience
10
Select Invited Talks
11
Select Conference Abstracts
12
Contributions to conferences
13
Select Leadership Roles
14
Professional Certificates
15
Community Service/Outreach Activity
16
Languages

Eduction

  • 08.2018 - 02.2023
    Lund University. Lund, Sweden
    Ph.D. in Medical Science. Thesis title: Role of the co-transcriptional regulators Yap/Taz in the normal and fibrotic lung epithelia
  • 09.2016 - 11.2017
    Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC). Munich, Germany
    Graduate Research School.
  • 08.2010 - 05.2014
    Earlham College. Richmond, IN, USA
    B.A. Biochemistry.
  • 08.2008 - 05.2010
    United World College of the Adriatic. Duino Aurisina, Trieste, Italy
    International Baccalaureate.

Current Position

  • 03.2023 - 3.2025
    Lund University. Lund, Sweden
    Post Doc. Department of Experimental Medical Sciences

Grants, Awards and Honors

  • 2023
    The Physiographic Society of Lund Research Grant. Lund, Sweden
    Research Grant. (80.000 SEK)
  • 2021
    The Physiographic Society of Lund Research Grant. Lund, Sweden
    Research Grant. (50.000 SEK)
  • 2017
    CPC Graduate Research School. Munich, Germany
    Research Grant. (10.000 EUR; 100.000 SEK)
  • 2010 - 2014
    Davis United World College Scholarship. Richmond, IN, USA
    Scholarship. ( Full Scholarship. Approximately $50K/Year for 4 years).
Show More!

PhD (co)-Supervision

  • 2024
    Indra Putra Wendi. Lund, Sweden
    co-supervisor. Lund University

Select Research Supervision

  • 2024
    Henrik Schlemlein-Wenell. Sweden
    LTH Engineering Student
  • 2024
    Ida Palm. Sweden
    LTH Engineering Student
  • 2022
    Irene Urrecho. Spain
    Bachelor Thesis
  • 2022
    Inés Míngues Sant. Spain
    Bachelor Thesis
Show More!

Selected Technical Trainees

  • 2022
    Irene Urrecho.
    Bachelor Student. CUT&RUN
  • 2021
    Roberta Battistella.
    PhD Student. qPCR
  • 2021
    Linda Decker.
    Master Student. qPCR
  • 2020
    Emil Rehnberg.
    Master Student. qPCR, Lyophilization
Show More!

Select Bioinformatics Skills

  • R / Rstudio.
    Statistics; Omics analysis and Intergration; RNAseq; Single cell RNASeq; Data visualization using ggplot2 and plotly.
  • Python.
    Genomic analysis tools; Singel Cell RNAseq; Data visualization with matplotlib and seaborn.
  • Bash/Unix.
    File manipulation and management.
  • IJMacro.
    Macro construction for automated image analysis.
Show More!

Select Research Skills

  • 3D culture models.
    PCLS, Lung organoids.
  • Advanced Microcopy techniques.
    Lightsheet microscopy, Confocal microscopy, SEM.
  • Primary cell isolation.
    Human and murine distal and proximal lung epithelial cells.
  • Development of in vitro assays.
    In vitro assay for studying matrix remodelling.

Select Research Experience

  • 03.2023 - current
    Lund University. Lund, Sweden
    Experimental Medical Sciences, Lung bioengineering and regeneration. Post-doc
  • 08.2018 - 02.2023
    Lund University. Lund, Sweden
    Experimental Medical Sciences, Lung bioengineering and regeneration. Doctoral Candidate
    "Role of the co-transcriptional regulators Yap/Taz in the normal and fibrotic lung epithelia"
  • 12.2017 - 08.2018
    Lund University. Lund, Sweden
    Experimental Medical Sciences, Lung bioengineering and regeneration. Research fellow
    "Exploration of the extracellular matrix role in idiopatic pulmonary fibrosis and utilization/optimization of ex vivo chronic lung disease models."
  • 11.2015 - 11.2017
    Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen. Munich, Germany
    Comprehensive Pneumology Center. Research Associate
    "Development of an ex vivo human model of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis through the use of human precision-cut lung slices (PCLS)"
Show More!

Select Invited Talks

  • 2020
    Linköping Universit. Linköpin, Sweden
    "Role of Hippo signaling and Yap/Taz in the Lung Epithelium during Fibrosis"
  • 2018
    Lund University. Lund, Sweden
    "A deranged Yap/Taz axis in lung epithelial progenitor cells leads to increased extracellular matrix remodeling through lysyl oxidase in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis"
  • 2018
    Nottigham University - Lund University. Lund, Sweden
    PCLS symposium.
    "Drug Evaluation using ex vivo diseas models developed in PCLS - Magnifying on Fibros"
  • 2017
    University of Colorado. Denver, CO, USA
    "A novel ex vivo model to induce early fibrosis-like changes in human precision-cut lung slices"
Show More!

Select Conference Abstracts

  • 2022
    European Molecular Imaging Meeting. Thessaloniki, Greece
    Oral Presentation
    "inFLATION: INfusion of Fluorescent Labelled Antibodies in Tissue of Intact Org"
  • 2021
    European Respiratory Sociecty (ERS) Congress . Virtual,
    Poster Presentation. Published
    "3D printing aids simultaneous isolation of proximal and distal lung epithelial progenitors from individual mice"
  • 2021
    Vermont Stem Cell Confernce (2021) . Virtual,
    Oral Presentation (Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award)
    "Dual Isolation of Proximal and Distal Lung Epithelial Progenitor Cells and Their Distribution in Intact Murine Lungs Visualized Using Light Sheet Microscopy"
  • 2021
    ERS Lung Science Confrence. Virtual,
    Poster Presentation
    "3D printing aids simultaneous isolation of proximal and distal lung epithelial progenitors from individual mice"
Show More!

Contributions to conferences

  • 2022
    Lund Respiratory Network (LURN). Ystad, Sweden
    Session Chair.
  • 2021
    Lung Science Conference (LSC). Virtual,
    Session Chair.
  • 2019
    Vermont Stem Cell Conference. Burlington, VA, USA
    Workshop Organizer.
  • 2019
    European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress. Madrid, Spain
    Abstract Reviewer.
Show More!

Select Leadership Roles

  • 12.2021 - 12.2022
    Lund University's Academic Appoint Board.
  • 2020 - 2021
    Co-organized the Swedish Bioinformatics Workshop 2021.
  • 2019
    Selected to reprecent the WCMM center at strategic meeting the KAW foundation and Wallenberg family representatives..
  • 2019
    Co-organized Lund University Stem Cell Center Retreat. Ystad, Sweden
Show More!

Professional Certificates

  • 2019
    SciLife Labs and NBIS. Stockholm, Sweden
    Omics Integration and Systems Biology.
  • 2018
    RaukR 2018. Advanced R programming for Bioinformatics Summer School. Visby, Götlan, Sweden

Community Service/Outreach Activity

  • 2019
    Appeared on Swedish TV_SVT: Vetenskapens värld – Organ på.
  • 2019
    NMT days - WCMM research school outreach presentation.
    Organ 3D printing.

Languages

  • Native like
    English.
  • Native
    Arabic.
  • Proficient
    Italian.
  • Intermediate
    Swedish.