Faculty

Profile

College / Department

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Teaching areas

Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Introduction to engineering probability and statistics, Biomaterials, Designing Health, Tissue Engineering, Additive Manufacturing, Drug Delivery Systems.

Research areas

Biomaterials, Bioprinting, Tissue engineering, Nanotechnology, and Drug delivery.

Education

PhD, Biotechnology Engineering, University of Lorraine, 2021

MS, Advanced Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 2017

BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Balamand, 2015

Professional experience

Postdoctoral Associate, New York University, 2022 - 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher, LAAS-CNRS, 2021 - 2022

Contact

[email protected]

Dr. Kamil Elkhoury

Visiting Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Lorraine,

Kamil Elkhoury’s research focuses on nanofucntionalized biomaterials for the 3D bioprinting of tissue engineering scaffolds.

Publications

Kamil Elkhoury, Guan Chen, Erfan Noshahri, Julio Zuazola, Nikhil Gupta And Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman. Viscoelastic to elastic transformation of soft polymer properties for accelerated materials selection based on tissue dynamics in tissue engineering applications, Polymer Testing, 1 May 2025

Rashik Chand, Gopinathan Janarthanan, Kamil Elkhoury And Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman. Digital light processing 3D bioprinting of biomimetic corneal stroma equivalent using gelatin methacryloyl and oxidized carboxymethylcellulose interpenetrating network hydrogel, Biofabrication, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2025

Abhay Menon, Kamil Elkhoury, Amer Zahraa, Jiranuwat Sapudom, Zerina Rahic, Kristin Gunsalus, Jeremy Teo, Nikhil Gupta And Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman. Digital light processing 3D printing of dual crosslinked meniscal scaffolds with enhanced physical and biological properties, Advanced Composites And Hybrid Materials, February 2025

Jiarui Zhou, Kamil Elkhoury, Soja Soman And Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman. Biofabrication of tri-layered nerve guide conduits for peripheral nerve regeneration: Synergizing melt-electrowriting of polymeric fibers and extrusion-based 3D bioprinting, International Journal Of Bioprinting, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025

Elaheh Omidvari, Mohamadmahdi Samandari, Delaram Ghanbariamin, Evelyn Lara, Jacob Quint, Farnoosh Saeedinejad, Younes Bouizi, Sabine Bouguet-bonnet, Kamil Elkhoury, Laura Sanchez-gonzalez, Yupeng Chen, Cyril Kahn, Ali Tamayol And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Nanoliposome functionalized colloidal GelMA inks for 3D printing of scaffolds with multiscale porosity, Biofabrication, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025

Kamil Elkhoury, Dhruv Patel, Nikhil Gupta And Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman. Nanocomposite GelMA Bioinks: Toward Next-Generation Multifunctional 3D-Bioprinted Platforms, Small, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025

Navajit Baban, Jiarui Zhou, Kamil Elkhoury, Sukanta Bhattacharjee, Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman, Nikhil Gupta, Yong Song, Krishnendu Chakrabarty And Ramesh Karri. BioTrojans: viscoelastic microvalve-based attacks in flow-based microfluidic biochips and their countermeasures, Scientific Reports, 1 December 2024

Tunca Karasu, Canan Armutcu, Kamil Elkhoury, Erdoğan Özgür, Ali Maziz And Lokman Uzun. Conducting polymers as a functional recognition interface to design sensors for pathogen and cancer diagnosis, Trac Trends In Analytical Chemistry, 1 June 2024

Kamil Elkhoury, Sacha Kodeih, Eduardo Enciso-martínez, Ali Maziz And Christian Bergaud. Advancing Cardiomyocyte Maturation: Current Strategies and Promising Conductive Polymer-Based Approaches, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 17 May 2024

Amina Ben Mihoub, Kamil Elkhoury, Janske Nel, Samir Acherar, Emilie Velot, Catherine Malaplate, Michel Linder, Shahrzad Latifi, Cyril Kahn, Marion Huguet, Frances Yen And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Neuroprotective Effect of Curcumin-Loaded RGD Peptide-PEGylated Nanoliposomes, Pharmaceutics, 24 November 2023

Corentin Peyret, Kamil Elkhoury, Sabine Bouguet-bonnet, Sophie Poinsignon, Corentin Boulogne, Tristan Giraud, Loïc Stefan, Yasmina Tahri, Laura Sanchez-gonzalez, Michel Linder, Ali Tamayol, Cyril Kahn And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA) Hydrogel Scaffolds: Predicting Physical Properties Using an Experimental Design Approach, International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, 29 August 2023

Kamil Elkhoury, Julio Zuazola And Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman. Bioprinting the future using light: A review on photocrosslinking reactions, photoreactive groups, and photoinitiators, Slas Technology, June 2023

Janske Nel, Kamil Elkhoury, Émilie Velot, Arnaud Bianchi, Samir Acherar, Grégory Francius, Ali Tamayol, Stéphanie Grandemange And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Functionalized liposomes for targeted breast cancer drug delivery, Bioactive Materials, June 2023

Venkata Vajrala, Kamil Elkhoury, Sophie Pautot, Christian Bergaud And Ali Maziz. Hollow ring-like flexible electrode architecture enabling subcellular multi-directional neural interfacing, Biosensors And Bioelectronics, 1 May 2023

I. Ridley, M. Shehzad, J. Forth, N. Nikitas, A. Elwakeel, Kamil Elkhoury, R. Vollum And B. Izzuddin. Experimental assessment of crack width estimations in international design codes, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Elodie Passeri, Kamil Elkhoury, Margaretha Morsink, Kerensa Broersen, Michel Linder, Ali Tamayol, Catherine Malaplate, Frances Yen And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Alzheimer’s Disease: Treatment Strategies and Their Limitations, International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, 12 November 2022

Kamil Elkhoury, Mo Chen, Polen Koçak, Eduardo Enciso-martínez, Nicole Bassous, Myung Lee, Batzaya Byambaa, Zahra Rezaei, Yang Li, María Ubina López, Melvin Gurian, Nebras Sobahi, Mohammad Hussain, Laura Sanchez-gonzalez, Jeroen Leijten, Shabir Hassan, Elmira Arab-tehrany, Jennifer Ward And Su Shin. Hybrid extracellular vesicles-liposome incorporated advanced bioink to deliver microRNA, Biofabrication, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022

Elodie Passeri, Philippe Bun, Kamil Elkhoury, Michel Linder, Catherine Malaplate, Frances Yen And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Transfer Phenomena of Nanoliposomes by Live Imaging of Primary Cultures of Cortical Neurons, Pharmaceutics, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022

Émilie Velot, Kamil Elkhoury, Cyril Kahn, Hervé Kempf, Michel Linder, Elmira Arab-tehrany And Arnaud Bianchi. Efficient TGF-β1 Delivery to Articular Chondrocytes In Vitro Using Agro-Based Liposomes, International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, 5 March 2022

Kamil Elkhoury, Margaretha Morsink, Laura Sanchez-gonzalez, Cyril Kahn, Ali Tamayol And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Biofabrication of natural hydrogels for cardiac, neural, and bone Tissue engineering Applications, Bioactive Materials, November 2021

Elodie Passeri, Kamil Elkhoury, Maria Garavito, Frédéric Desor, Marion Huguet, Claire Soligot-hognon, Michel Linder, Catherine Malaplate, Frances Yen And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Use of active salmon-lecithin nanoliposomes to increase polyunsaturated fatty acid bioavailability in cortical neurons and mice, International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, 1 November 2021

Rana Kadri, Kamil Elkhoury, Ghazi Ben Messaoud, Cyril Kahn, Ali Tamayol, Joao Mano, Elmira Arab-tehrany And Laura Sánchez-gonzález. Physicochemical Interactions in Nanofunctionalized Alginate/GelMA IPN Hydrogels, Nanomaterials, 31 August 2021

Kamil Elkhoury, Margaretha Morsink, Yasmina Tahri, Cyril Kahn, Franck Cleymand, Su Shin, Elmira Arab-tehrany And Laura Sanchez-gonzalez. Synthesis and characterization of C2C12-laden gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) from marine and mammalian sources, International Journal Of Biological Macromolecules, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021

F. Cleymand, A. Poerio, A. Mamanov, Kamil Elkhoury, L. Ikhelf, J. Jehl, C. Kahn, M. Ponçot, E. Arab-tehrany And João Mano. Development of novel chitosan / guar gum inks for extrusion-based 3D bioprinting: Process, printability and properties, Bioprinting, 1 March 2021

Laura Sánchez-gonzález, Kamil Elkhoury, Cyril Kahn And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Composite hydrogels of pectin and alginate, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021

Kamil Elkhoury, C. Kahn, L. Sanchez-gonzalez And E. Arab-tehrany. Chapter 15: Liposomes for Biomedical Applications, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021

Kamil Elkhoury, Laura Sanchez-gonzalez, Pedro Lavrador, Rui Almeida, Vítor Gaspar, Cyril Kahn, Franck Cleymand, Elmira Arab-tehrany And João Mano. Gelatin methacryloyl (Gelma) nanocomposite hydrogels embedding bioactive naringin liposomes, Polymers, 1 December 2020

Elmira Arab-tehrany, Kamil Elkhoury, Gregory Francius, Loic Jierry, Joao Mano, Cyril Kahn And Michel Linder. Curcumin loaded nanoliposomes localization by nanoscale characterization, International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020

Kamil Elkhoury, Polen Koçak, Alex Kang, Elmira Arab-tehrany, Jennifer Ellis Ward And Su Shin. Engineering Smart Targeting Nanovesicles and Their Combination with Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutics, 7 September 2020

Arnaud Bianchi, Émilie Velot, Hervé Kempf, Kamil Elkhoury, Laura Sanchez-gonzalez, Michel Linder, Cyril Kahn And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Nanoliposomes from agro-resources as promising delivery systems for chondrocytes, International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, 2 May 2020

Mahmoud Hasan, Kamil Elkhoury, Nabila Belhaj, Cyril Kahn, Ali Tamayol, Muriel Barberi-heyob, Elmira Arab-tehrany And Michel Linder. Growth-Inhibitory Effect of Chitosan-Coated Liposomes Encapsulating Curcumin on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells, Marine Drugs, 17 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020

R. Kadri, J. Bacharouch, Kamil Elkhoury, G. Ben Messaoud, C. Kahn, S. Desobry, M. Linder, A. Tamayol, G. Francius, J. Mano, L. Sánchez-gonzález And E. Arab-tehrany. Role of active nanoliposomes in the surface and bulk mechanical properties of hybrid hydrogels, Materials Today Bio, 1 March 2020

Jie Li, Kamil Elkhoury, Claire Barbieux, Michel Linder, Stéphanie Grandemange, Ali Tamayol, Grégory Francius And Elmira Arab-tehrany. Effects of bioactive marine-derived liposomes on two human breast cancer cell lines, Marine Drugs, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020

Kamil Elkhoury, Carina Russell, Laura Sanchez-gonzalez, Azadeh Mostafavi, Tyrell Williams, Cyril Kahn, Nicholas Peppas, Elmira Arab-tehrany And Ali Tamayol. Soft-Nanoparticle Functionalization of Natural Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 1 September 2019

Mahmoud Hasan, Kamil Elkhoury, Cyril Kahn, Elmira Arab-tehrany And Michel Linder. Preparation, Characterization, and Release Kinetics of Chitosan-Coated Nanoliposomes Encapsulating Curcumin in Simulated Environments, Molecules, 27 May 2019

Awards and Honors

Forbes 30 Under 30 List, Forbes Middle East, 2024

MIT Innovators under 35 List, MIT Technology Review, 2024

Best Thesis Award, University of Lorraine, 2021

European Doctorate Label, University of Lorraine, 2021