Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Illinois in the Field of Computational Biophysics
On February 19th, 2015, We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Field of Computational Biophysics
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Country of Origin: Iran
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Illinois
Approval Notice Date: February 19th, 2015
Processing Time: 5 months, 2 days
In this case, North America Immigration Law Group was given the opportunity to work with a computational biophysicist from Iran whose research was particularly focused on drug development, generating enhanced sampling and highly parallel methods for advanced supercomputer simulations, and the application of these sampling techniques to further understand the mechanisms of membrane proteins. We showed that his continued employment in his field would benefit both his field in particular and the populace of the United States as a whole. His work had been published in 7 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as being presented at numerous conferences. At the time we filed his case, these publications had received no fewer than 49 citations from independent researchers around the world, a strong testament to the wide reliance upon this research in the field as well as the broad recognition it has received. An independent recommender emphasized the importance of our client’s work: “More importantly, better replica exchange methods---such as those that [Client] has been developing---have an incredible influence on our field and subsequently human health, as they will inevitably enable more rapid progress in drug design and development.” Through extensive documentation, we were able to successfully argue that our client would serve the national interest to a significantly greater degree than others with similar education and experience. His NIW petition was approved in 5 months and 2 days.