Current research group members:
Dr. Pat Miguez, DDS, MS, PhD is the PI
Dr. Aya Ali, BDS, MS, PhD, Post-doctoral Research Associate
Dr. S.M. Ziauddin, DDS, PhD, Post-doctoral Research Associate
Skylar Mcgaughey, DDS, PhD candidate
Aminollah Khormali, research assistant
UNDERGRADS:
Ernest Frank IV Johnson, undergrad at UNC
Mckinley Windram, undergrad at UNC
Phoebe Dell, undergrad at UNC
DENTAL STUDENTS:
Armin D. Jamshidi, DDS student
Kyla Augustine, DDS student
Andrew Naguib, DDS student
MASTER STUDENTS:
Shadoe Stewart, Master Student in Periodontology
Kameron Wilding, Master Student in Periodontology
Jaclyn Smollett, Master Student in Periodontology
Summer 2024:
Front row: Ali, McGaughey, Miguez, Dell, Windram
Back row: Johnson, Augustine, Naguib, Khormali, Jamshidi, Ziauddin
Front row: Miguez, Windram, Dell, Ali, McGaughey, Ziauddin
Back row: Jamshidi, Khormali, Naguib, Johnson, Augustine.
Our group in the summer of 2021:
Miguez, Wong, Rivera-Concepcion, McGaughey, Musskopf, Seebold
Miguez, McGaughey, Rivera-Concepcion, Seebold, Wong, Musskopf
Pictures of some of our former lab members:
Teebok’s presentation at the Dental Research Day 2023
Ellie’s graduation from the UNC Grad Program 2022
Vini’s presentation at the Dental Research Day in 2020
Penn lab 2011-2014 (left to right: Belcher, Walter, Farias, Sampaio, Miguez, Perley)
Professor Mauro Andrada, visiting scholar 2014
Islam (Masters student, 2016) and Ana Paula (visiting scholar, 2014-2015)
Adam Robinson (volunteer technician, 2016-2017) and Stephen (postoctoral research associate, 2016-2018)
Mauro Andrada (visiting scholar, 2014) and Ricardo (visiting scholar, 2017)
UNC lab 2016-2018 (left to right: Noschang, Tuin, Miguez, Robinson)
Former lab members and respective main projects:
2023-2024 – Akshay Chanahh, DDS, MS, resident in Periodontology, case series and review in autotransplanted teeth
2018-2020 – Vinicius (Vini) de Paiva Goncalves, DDS, MS, PhD, postdoctoral fellow (now collaborator off site)
2016-2021 – Angeliz Rivera-Concepcion, pre-dental, lab technician and DDS student
2019-2022- Marta Musskopf, DDS, PhD, postdoctoral fellow
2018-2021- Ellie Bash, DDS resident in Periodontology, LMWH applications in periodontitis. * in collaboration with Dr. Jian Liu, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC
2018-2020 – Christina Yu, undergrad, pre-dental, research volunteer
2017-2021 – Dan Seebold, dental student, research volunteer
2016-2020 – Dr. Sing Wai Wong, DDS, PhD, resident in Periodontology and PhD candidate in OCBM, Optineurin, autophagy in bone resorption *in collaboration with NIEHS.
2016 – 2018: Stephen Tuin, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate
2016 – 2017 : Adam Robinson, volunteer lab tech, dental student
2015 – Islam Abd Alraheam, DDS, masters student in Operative Dentistry, UNC School of Dentistry.
2014-2016 Ana Paula Beltrame, DDS, international PhD student in Dentistry (UFSC – Brazil), Effect of chitosan vs organic polymers vs fluoride on prevention of demineralization of dentin (in vitro erosion model), UNC School of Dentistry.
2014-2015- Mauro Andrada, DDS, international visiting scholar (UFSC – Brazil), Modulation of dentin collagen quality and mineralization/re-mineralization by phytochemicals, UNC School of Dentistry.
2015 – Prapaporn (Nase) Jongwattanapisan, DDS, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, Hesperidin on mineralization in vitro, UNC School of Dentistry.
2014 – Jerrel Wood III Coob, research internship student, ECM modulation of bone resorption in a periodontal disease model, UNC School of Dentistry.
2013 – Ankita Bhalla, DDS, research internship student, Immunohistochemistry of mineralization markers in normal/KO and diseased murine bones and dentin, UPenn School of Dental Medicine.
2013 – Pollyana Maya, DDS, research scholar, Natural compounds as modifiers of mechanical properties of dentin matrix, UPenn School of Dental Medicine.
2013 – Michele Volchonok, BS, summer research internship student, Bone quality in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes: micro-CT and mechanical analyses, UPenn School of Dental Medicine.
2013 – David Farias, DDS, MS, international PhD student in Dentistry (UFSC – Brazil), Collagen cross-linkers and dentin properties, UPenn School of Dental Medicine.
2012-2014 – Joyce Belcher, PhD, IRACDA post-doctoral fellow, main project “Role of glycosaminoglycans of biglycan on its functions in bone”, other projects: Flaxseed protective effect on normal and radiated bone; Hesperidin and Genipin on Bone and Dentin Biomodification, UPenn School of Dental Medicine.
2012 – Paula Sampaio, DDS, MS, international PhD student in Biomaterials (UNB – Brazil), Acid conditioning effect on dentin remineralization potential, UPenn School of Dental Medicine.
2011 – 2013 – Kimberly Perley, BS, research assistant, Role of phytochemicals in in vitro musculoskeletal repair, UPenn School of Dental Medicine.
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