Moe Fakhri
Graduate Student
moe.fakhri(at)uri.edu

Moe, From Syracuse NY, was Born in Baghdad, Iraq, immigrated to the United States in 2017. He went to undergrad at Onondaga community college before transferring to Binghamton University, where he did a variety of different research projects from working on cell culturing and ancient medicine in the Claudia Marques lab, to synthesizing ionizable lipids for mRNA gene therapy in the K.C. Mei lab in the pharmacy department, and finally doing uranium photocatalysis for a more sustainable photocatalyst future in the John Swierk lab in the chemistry department where he also did his undergraduate thesis. He worked in the industry for a variety of different positions including hospitals, Dr. offices, and lastly at a start-up site for printed circuit boards. In his free time Moe enjoys playing video games, board games, and card games