Ara Nazarian

Ara Nazarian (born June 10, 1971) is an American biomedical engineer, academic, and entrepreneur. He is the co-author of the textbook Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Modeling for Electrical and Biological Systems Using MATLAB. He is also the co-founder of the ski technology company Verispellis. His academic research has been cited over 11,000 times.

Education Nazarian earned a mechanical engineering degree from Tennessee Technological University, then went on to obtain graduate degrees from Boston University, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Harvard University.

Research and career In 2017, Nazarian co-founded the ski technology company Verispellis with orthopedic surgeon colleague Ken Rodriguez after developing skis and snowboards using Nitinol alloy technology.

In 2021, Nazarian received a Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Award from Harvard Medical School for his work on a protein therapy for frozen shoulder. Nazarian co-developed the therapy after researching the effects of administering the protein hormone relaxin to animal models with stiff shoulder joints at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

As of 2025, he serves as an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Founding Director of the Musculoskeletal Translational Innovation Initiative at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).

Personal life Nazarian is of Armenian descent and lives in Boston, MA.. He is a writer for the Armenian Weekly publication covering Armenian political issues.