Tayebi Research Group Members

Lobat Tayebi, M.S., Ph.D

Professor and Director of Research

lobat.tayebi@marquette.edu

Having become a part of Marquette in 2014, Lobat Tayebi holds the position of Professor and Director of Research at the Marquette University School of Dentistry (MUSoD). She is a researcher in biomedical engineering, materials science, and regenerative dentistry with multiple patents in the field. Her publication list comprises of 4 books (2 edited and 2 authored books) and over 370 peer-reviewed articles including papers in Nature Materials and Advanced Materials. She is the recipient of “President’s Cup for Creative Interdisciplinarity (2014, Oklahoma State University) and “Rising Star, 2016 (Marquette University). Her current research activities cover projects in 3D printing, OOKP, hard/soft and interfacial tissue engineering, regenerative dentistry, growth factor delivery and vascularization.

She received her PhD, Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from University of California-Davis, Applied Sciences (2011), McMaster University, Engineering Physics (2006) and Sharif University of Technology, Physics (2002), respectively.

Meisam Omidi - Lab Manager / Senior Researcher

meisam.omidi@marquette.edu

Dr. Omidi’s research is focused on application of nanobiomaterials in soft, hard, and interfacial tissue engineering. He is particularly interested is 3D printing and smart material design in regenerative medicine.

Mohsen Akbarian - Postdoctoral Fellow

mohsen.akbarian@marquette.edu

Mohsen earned his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Shiraz University (2019). He joined the Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences as a researcher and next moved to the Department of Chemistry at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, at the same time he also won the TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowship Programme established by The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology in India, and UNESCO-The World Academy of Sciences, Italy. He joined the Dr. Tayebi’s group in 2022.

Daniela Masson-Meyers - Postdoctoral Fellow

daniela.masson-meyers@marquette.edu

Dr. Masson-Meyers joined Tayebi group in January 2020. She holds a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy. She completed her Ph.D. from the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), with part of her doctoral research performed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research interests include regenerative medicine, tissue injury and repair and tissue engineering. Her research will be an extension and combination of previous experience in cell culture and methodologies to assess tissue repair with new skills and knowledge of developing and testing engineered tissue scaffolds, particularly vascularized osteo-mucosal tissue constructs using 3D-printing technology.

SeyedMisagh Imani - Research Associate

seyedmisagh.imani@marquette.edu

Dr. Imani received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Babol Noshirvani University of Technology in 2019, working on the investigation of the mechanical properties of composite bone scaffolds using numerical, analytical, and experimental methods. His research interests include biomaterials in soft and hard tissue engineering, computational and experimental biomechanics, and 3D printing.

Sarah Doughty - D.D.S. Student

sarah.doughty@marquette.edu

Sarah Doughty is from Waukesha, Wisconsin and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020. She is excited to be working in this research lab and is studying the mechanical properties of different types of gelatin scaffolds.

Lindsey Enders - D.D.S. Student

lindsey.enders@marquette.edu

Alexandra Gelin - D.D.S. Student

alexandra.gelin@marquette.edu

Alexandra Gelin is from Long Island, New York, and moved to Milwaukee last year. She is a full-time NIH-funded researcher and her research topic is development of an integrated 3D-printed osteo-mucosal model using collagen substrate. She has always had an interest in research and is excited to be working in the lab.

John Karkazis - D.D.S. Student

john.karkazis@marquette.edu

Kishan Patel - D.D.S. Student

k.s.patel@marquette.edu

Kishan Patel is from Minneapolis, Minnesota and recently moved to the Milwaukee area. He is a student at Marquette School of Dentistry and a member of the Student Research Group (SRG). His current research includes the characterization and fabrication of scaffolds for bone & soft tissue engineering. He is motivated to learn from senior research members and is excited to work with us.

Jessica Short - D.D.S. Student

jessica.r.short@marquette.edu

Jared Tom - D.D.S. Student

jared.tom@marquette.edu

Alicia Yu - D.D.S. Student

alicia.yu@marquette.edu

Alice Zheng - D.D.S. Student

alice.zheng@marquette.edu