{"id":1027,"date":"2025-09-03T10:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/?post_type=person&#038;p=1027"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:34:40","slug":"behshad-pournasr","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/faculty-staff\/behshad-pournasr\/","title":{"rendered":"Behshad Pournasr, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Behshad Pournasr is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at The Citadel. He specializes in cell biology, immunology, and developmental biology. His research focuses on rare disease modeling and drug discovery using stem cells and hepatic differentiation, with the long-term goal of advancing regenerative medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At The Citadel, Dr. Pournasr teaches courses in cell biology, immunology, and developmental biology, and plans to introduce a future course in regenerative medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-research-interests\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 Rare disease modeling and drug discovery using stem cells<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 Hepatic differentiation and regenerative medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degrees\">Degrees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology \u2013 Royan Institute, University of Science and Culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 M.S. in Medical Immunology \u2013 Isfahan University of Medical Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology \u2013 University of Tehran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Behshad Pournasr is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at The Citadel. 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