Seila Selimovic

Biography

Šeila Selimović is a Health Science Policy Analyst at the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIH/NIBIB). Prior to her current position, she was selected as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to serve at the Department of State, where she covered science diplomacy issues relating to energy security, climate, and innovation. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Selimović’s research has focused on the development of microfluidic platforms for applications in biophysics and biological engineering, such as organ-on-a-chip. Her research interests also include the physics of microscale flows, protein crystallization, colloidal suspensions, as well as rheology and microrheology. Dr. Selimović earned her Ph.D. and M. Sc. degrees in Physics from Brandeis University, where she was a recipient of a 2-year NSF Traineeship (IGERT), and her B.A. degree, also in Physics, from Wellesley College. She is a member of Sigma Xi.