Mani Diba, PhD

ACADEMIC APPOITMENTS:

• April 2022-Present:

Assistant Professor (Hypatia Tenure Track) at Radboud University Medical Center,

Research Institute for Medical Innovation & Regenerative Biomaterials–Dentistry,

Nijmegen, the Netherlands

• April 2022-Present:

Research Associate at John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

• 2021- 2022:

John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Research advisor: Prof. Dr. David J. Mooney

• 2019-2021:

Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Research advisor: Prof. Dr. Antonios G. Mikos

• 2018-2019:

Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Research advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Patricia Y.W. Dankers

EDUCATION:

• 2013-2018:

PhD in Medical Sciences (Self-Healing Biomaterials)

Cum Laude (Highest Dutch distinction; top five percent of all Dutch theses)

Department of Biomaterials, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

• Including:

  • Research stays at the Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

  • Research stays at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

• 2010-2012:

MSc in Advanced Materials and Processes

with Honors (Elite Master's Programme)

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

• Including:

  • Research stay at the Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, UK

• 2005-2010:

BSc in Materials Engineering

Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran