In August 2026, the Manafzadeh Lab will open its doors in the School of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech! Join us to study how joints work and where they come from, both developmentally and evolutionarily. If you're here to learn about student/postdoc opportunities, this website will be updated shortly – but in the meantime, please don't hesitate to email me.

I am currently a Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow and NSF Postdoctoral Research in Biology (PRFB) Fellow at the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies. I received my PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology from Brown University in 2022, where my dissertation research focused on joint mobility as a bridge between form and function. I received my BA in Integrative Biology with highest honors from UC Berkeley in 2016.