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Nazir Barekzi

  • Nazir Barekzi
  • Adjunct Instructional Faculty
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • nbarekzi@odu.edu
  • Dr. Nazir Barekzi received the M.S. degree in microbiology from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, and the Ph.D. degree in microbiology from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 2009. He then completed a two-year appointment as an American Society for Engineering Education Postdoctoral Fellow with the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. In the year 2011, he began working with Professor Mounir Laroussi as a Research Scientist with the Laser and Plasma Engineering Institute, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Dr. Barekzi is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University. His research interests involve molecular biology and include designing and implementing novel biological assays to investigate biomedical applications of low-temperature atmospheric-pressure plasmas.

  • Education

    James Madison University,
    Degree: B.S.
    Colorado State University,
    Degree: M.S.
    University of Virginia, 2009
    Major: Microbiology
    Degree: Ph. D.
  • 2010: American Society for Engineering Education Post-Doctoral Fellowship, ASEE

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