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Title
Hesam Panahi
Category
undergraduate
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Source URL
https://business.rice.edu/person/hesam-panahi
Parent URL
https://business.rice.edu/undergraduate-programs/entrepreneurship-minor
Crawl Time
2026-03-23T20:02:59+00:00
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Hesam Panahi

Source: https://business.rice.edu/person/hesam-panahi Parent: https://business.rice.edu/undergraduate-programs/entrepreneurship-minor

Fields of Interest

Entrepreneurship

Healthcare

Hesam Panahi

Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship\ Director of Strategic Initiatives and Programs, Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Departments

Faculty, Entrepreneurship Initiative

Office

McNair Hall 131D

Contact 713-348-6267 hpanahi@rice.edu

Fields of Interest

Entrepreneurship

Healthcare

Hesam Panahi is a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Programs at the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In these roles, Hesam works with faculty, staff, and students to design, launch, and iterate curricular offerings in entrepreneurship and innovation for students across campus. Prior to Rice, Panahi was a clinical assistant professor at University of Houston's Bauer College of Business, where he taught courses in management information systems, computer science, industrial design, and entrepreneurship. While at the University of Houston, Hesam also founded RED Labs, the University of Houston's startup accelerator and technology entrepreneurship program. He holds a Ph.D. and Bachelors of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from the University of Houston.

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