Current supervised and co-supervised Graduate Students and Lab Members.

Kenta Katsumi. Ph.D. Candidate. Supervisor.

Tarek Klaylat. Ph.D. Candidate. Co-supervisor. Primary Supervisor: Dr. Rahul Gawri, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Derek Rosenzweig. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine.

Tuan Khang Nguyen. Ph.D. candidate. Co-supervisor. Primary Supervisor: Dr. Simon Tran, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences.

Molly Veerkamp. Master’s (Thesis) Candidate. Supervisor. Co-Supervisor: Dr. Marc McKee, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences.

Darin Wong. Undergraduate Co-op Student.

Former supervised and co-supervised Graduate Students and Lab Members.

Dimitria Camasao. Visiting Scholar - Senior Application Specialist, Rheolution Inc., Montreal, Canada (2021).

Florencia Chicatun. Ph.D. Candidate. Co-Supervisor: Dr. Marc McKee, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences. Thesis Title: In vitro generation of a bilayered dense collagen/chitosan hydrogel scaffold as an osteochondral model. Awarded in 2013.

Anne-Margaux Collignon. Graduate Research Trainee - Visiting International Ph.D. Candidate – University of Paris, France (2018).

Francesca Della Sala. Graduate Research Trainee - Visiting International Ph.D. Candidate – University of Naples, Italy (2018).

Kate Devries. Master’s (Project) Candidate. Awarded in 2022.

Chiara Ghezzi. Ph.D. Candidate. Thesis Title: Dense collagen-based tubular tissue constructs for airway tissue engineering. Awarded in 2012.

Mariana Gibbin. Graduate Research Trainee - Visiting International Ph.D. Candidate, Maringa State University, Brazil (2023).

Gabriele Griffanti. Ph.D. Candidate. Thesis Title: Automated aspiration-ejection of protein based hydrogels for tissue engineering applications. Awarded in 2019. Graduate Research Trainee, Visiting International - Master’s Candidate, University of Milan, Italy (2013). Postdoctoral Fellow (2019).

Alexander Hoppe. Graduate Research Trainee - Visiting International Ph.D. Candidate, University of Erlangen, Germany (2012).

Guanbingxue Huang. Research Assistant (2023).

Eran Ittah. Master's (Thesis) Candidate, Biological and Biomedical Engineering/co-supervisor. Primary supervisor Dr. Natalie Reznikov, Department of Bioengineering. Thesis Title: Hydration-dependent structuring in the cornea: A model for bound water in collagenous tissues. Awarded in 2023.

Wenge Jiang. Postdoctoral Fellow (2015).

Neysan Kamranpour. Master’s (Thesis) Candidate. Thesis Title: Injectable dense collagen gel scaffolds with predictable microstructure via aspiration-ejection. Awarded in 2014.

Kenta Katsumi. Master’s (Project) Candidate. Awarded in 2025.

Hannah Lamont. Graduate Research Trainee - Visiting International Ph.D. Candidate, University of Birmingham, UK (2022).

William Lepry. (Ph.D. Candidate). Thesis Title: Sol-gel derived bioactive borate glasses for mineralized tissue repair. Awarded in 2017. Postdoctoral Fellow (2017).

Rugia Malik. Master’s (Thesis) Candidate. Co-supervisor: Dr. Monzur Murshed, Faculty of Medicine. Thesis Title: Investigating the role of mineralization of bioactive glass in wound healing using a cellular 3D collagen matrix. Awarded in 2020.

Benedetto Marelli. Ph.D. Candidate. Co-supervisor: Dr. Jake Barralet, Faculty of Medicine. Thesis Title: in vitro mineralization of an osteoid-like dense collagen construct for bone tissue engineering. Awarded in 2011.

Shiva Naseri. Ph.D. Candidate. Thesis Title: Highly reactive silver doped sol-gel-derived borate glasses for wound healing applications. Awarded in 2018. Graduate Research Trainee - Visiting International Master’s Candidate, University of Erlangen, Germany (2014). Postdoctoral Fellow (2018). Research Associate (2022).

Amir Miri. Postdoctoral Fellow (2013).

Naser Muja. Research Associate (2010).

Jose Gil Munguia-Lopez. Research Associate (2023).

Hyeree Park. Ph.D. Candidate. Co-Supervisor: Dr. Derek Rosenzweig. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Thesis Title: Dense collagen scaffolds for bone and ligament tissue engineering. Awarded in 2021.

Claudio Pedraza. Research Associate (2007).

Ehsan Rezabeigi. Postdoctoral Fellow (2017). Research Associate (2020).

Vahid Serpooshan. Ph.D. candidate. Thesis Title: Control of dense collagen gel scaffolds for tissue engineering through measurement and modelling of hydraulic permeability. Awarded in 2010.

Maziar Shah Mohammadi. Ph.D. candidate. Co-supervisor: Dr. Martin Bureau, National Research Centre, Canada. Thesis Title: Silicon, iron and titanium doped calcium phosphate-based glass reinforced biodegradable polyester composites as bone analogous materials. Awarded in 2012.

Sophia Smith. Undergraduate Co-op Student (2016).

Christoph Stähli. Ph.D. candidate. Thesis Title: Dose-dependent effects of copper ion-releasing phosphate- and silicate-based glasses on endothelial cell growth and morphogenesis in vitro. Awarded in 2014.

Zhiqiu Ye. Master’s (Thesis) Candidate. Co-Supervisor: Dr. Matt Kinsella, Department of Bioengineering. Thesis title: Automated biofabrication of dense collagen matrices for tissue Engineering and in vitro modelling. Awarded in 2026.

Tiantian Yin. Ph.D. candidate. Co-supervisor: Dr. Kristian Waters, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering. Thesis Title: Characterization of aqueous interactions of binary borate glasses by vapour sorption with in-situ Raman. Awarded in 2023.

Kai Zheng. Graduate Research Trainee - Visiting International Master’s Candidate, University of Erlangen, Germany (2014).