Nadeen Chahine PhD

Dr. Nadeen Chahine is an assistant investigator at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, assistant professor of Molecular Medicine and Neurosurgery, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Health System, and director of the Bioengineering-Biomechanics laboratory. She obtained her undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University (2000), and completed her PhD at Columbia University in the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics and Cellular Engineering laboratories under the direction of Dr. Gerard Ateshian and Dr. Clark Hung (2006).

After postdoctoral studies (2006-2008) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Department of Energy) in micro/ nanotechnology as an Ernest Lawrence Fellow, Dr. Chahine developed a new bioengineering and biomechanics research program at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York.