Her research interests are in the areas of microfluidics, biomaterials, and diagnostics and therapeutics. She has been the recipient of the NSF EAPSI Fellowship, NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, NRL Research Publication Award, Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Award, and 2017 ISU Early Career Engineering Faculty Research Award. She has also been a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science invitee. Her research was highlighted and featured in BBC, Forbes, Science Friday, Fox News, and CNN. Professor Hashemi has published over 70 journal and peer-reviewed conference articles, and presented several invited keynote, national, and international lectures.