OUR TEAM

Scientists at the Momen-Heravi lab combine molecular biology methods, bioinformatic approaches, and translational research in their effort to understand underlying signaling events and tumor vulnerabilities to treat head and neck cancer and lung cancer as well as understand and target inflammatory cascades in periodontitis and diabetes. 

The lab consists of postdocs, graduate students, dental students, and residents. We aim to be a resource to our colleagues and to train highly motivated students and post-docs to make impacts in science and patients’ life.

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Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, DDS, PhD, MPH, MS
R. Earl Robinson Distinguished Professor of Periodontology
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Irshad Ali, PhD
Associate Specialist
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Haihui Zhang, PhD
Postdoc
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Rachel Guo, PhD
Postdoc
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Kisho Ono, PhD
Postdoc
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Jarvan Jiang
PhD Student
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Kayla Lieuw
Periodontics Resident and Graduate Student
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Jeonghoon Choi
Dental Student
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Liz Mao
Dental Student
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Alireza Farazpay
Dental Student
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Danial Pirooz
Dental Student

Lab Alumni

Alexis Catalano, Dental Student
Current Position: Orthodontics Resident, VCU School of Dentistry

Bessie Stamm, Dental Student

Glen Wang, Dental Student

Nicole Pallas, Dental Student

Nechma Dembitzer, Dental Student

Kathryn Gauch, Pathology Resident

Daria Vasilyeva, DDS, Pathology Resident
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Columbia University

Darrell Ong, DDS, Periodontics Resident & Graduate Student
Current Position: Specialist periodontist / dental surgeon at Dental Designs Clinic, Singapore; part-time clinical tutor in Periodontics at the National University of Singapore.

Austin Talis, Dental Student
Current Position: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Resident, UT Health San Antonio

Yi-Chu Wu, DDS, Periodontics Resident & Graduate Student
Current Position: Assistant Professor – Clinical, Periodontology, The Ohio State University

Josh Morin Baxter, Research Assistant
Current Position: MD/PhD Student, UT Southwestern

Nicole Kaplan, Postdoctoral Researcher
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Helaina, New York

Sahib Zada, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher

Kranthi Tanagala, PhD , Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University

Austin Shackelford, DMD, Pathology Resident
Current position: Assistant Professor; Director of Oral Maxillofacial Radiology, A.T. Still University–ASDOH

Carleigh Canterbury, DDS, Pathology Resident
Current position: Assistant Professor; Director of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, A.T. Still University–ASDOH

Rona Wang, Data science institute scholar
Biostatistician, Columbia University

Caroline Aronin, Dental student

Penny Agrafioti, DDS, MS, Graduate student and Periodontics resident 

Xun Wu, DMD, MS: Visiting Scholar
Current position: Associate Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Guangxi Medical University, College of Stomatology, China

Maryam Zadeh, DDS, Dental student
Current position: Orthodontics Resident, Montefiore Health System, New York

Abdulrahman Almubarak, DDS, MS, Periodontics Resident & Graduate Student
Current position: Associate Professor of Periodontics, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Pooja Patel, Undergraduate student

Sultan Albeshri, DDS, MS, Periodontics Resident & Graduate Student
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, King Saud University

Sunil Dubey, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health / Center for Infection and Immunity

Zhe Chen, MS, Biostatistician/Bioinformatician 

Nikta Radfar: Student 

Maryum Cheema, Research Assistant
Current position: Dental Student, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine

Nadia Mezghani: Dental student
Current position: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery resident, Mount Sinai Health System / Jacobi Medical Center