Principal Investigator
Dr. Mehdi Razavi is an Associate Professor of Medicine and a member of the Biionix (Bionic Materials, Implants & Interfaces) Cluster at the University of Central Florida (UCF) since 2024. He also holds secondary joint appointments with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering program at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He joined UCF as an Assistant Professor in 2019. Prior to his tenure at UCF, Dr. Razavi was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine from 2016 to 2019. He also served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biomaterials at the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology within the Institute of Materials and Manufacturing and Brunel Institute for Bioengineering at Brunel University London from 2015 to 2016. Earlier in his career, he was a Research Scholar in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Helmerich Advanced Technology Research Center, Oklahoma State University from 2013 to 2014. Dr. Razavi earned his PhD in Biomaterials from Isfahan University of Technology in 2014, an MSc in Materials Engineering in 2011, and a BSc in Materials Engineering from the same university in 2008. His research focuses on biomaterials, nanomedicine, musculoskeletal tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, advanced biomanufacturing, and drug and gene delivery systems. He has taught courses in nanomedicine and biomaterials and has held numerous leadership and editorial roles, including serving on various College of Medicine committees, as a chief editor, an editorial board member, a scientific reviewer, a Society for Biomaterials committee member, and a reviewer for the NIH Study Section.
Lab Members
Pedram Sotoudehbagha, PhD
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
E-mail: pedram.sotoudehbagha@ucf.edu
Andres Larraza
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
E-mail: andres.larraza@ucf.edu
Samantha Gmitro
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Biomedical Sciences
E-mail: samantha.gmitro@ucf.edu
Margaret Nanfria
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Biomedical Engineering
E-mail: ma950573@ucf.edu
Alison Grise
Position: Medical Student
Major: Medicine
E-mail: al057618@ucf.edu
Andrew Romero, MD
Position: Resident
Major: Orthopaedic Surgery
E-mail: andrew.romero@ucf.edu
Sun Latt
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Major: Biomedical Sciences
E-mail: sun.latt@ucf.edu
Shane Burke
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Major: Biomedical Sciences and Health Sciences
E-mail: shane.burke@ucf.edu
Tristan G. Faze
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
E-mail: tristan.faze@ucf.edu
Andres Alayon Mata
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Major: Biomedical Sciences
E-mail: andres.alayon@ucf.edu
Jasra Elahi
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Major: Biomedical Sciences
E-mail: ja618250@ucf.edu
David Jensen
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
E-mail: david.jensen@ucf.edu
Ashna Mathur
Position: High School Student
E-mail: mathuras@lhprep.org
Former Members
Abel Cordova Flores, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Biomedical Sciences
Sanjana Bhatt, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Biomedical Sciences
Queenly Xie, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Computer Science (Minor: Materials Science and Engineering)
Melanie Paredes, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Health Sciences
Kayley Romero, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering
Angela Shar, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Biomedical Sciences
Valeria Cardenas, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Biomedical Sciences
Tara Pattilachan, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Biomedical Sciences
Thomas Hartmann, Medical Student
Laya Damaraju, High School Student
Nadia Aboutalebianarki, PhD, Graduate Research Assistant, Materials Science and Engineering
Peter Zeblisky, Medical Student
Madisyn Messmore, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering
Kaylee Misiti, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Biology
Md Sarker, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow