Our Team

About our Team

We work with an amazing and talented team. Below are members of our Executive and Scientific Teams. If you would like to learn more about the associates at the ADA Forsyth Faculty Associates Dental Clinic, please visit the FFA – Dental Clinic website.

Forsyth team

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David Kochman, JD

Board of Directors

David Reibel, JD

Vice President, Legal

Maria Ryan, DDS, PhD

Board of Directors

Susan Rittling, PhD

Director of Research and Faculty Affairs

Chengji Zhou, Ph.D.

Senior Investigator

Sara Hassan

Postdoctoral Scholar

Jonathan Tang

Research Assistant

Raymond Cohlmia, DDS

Chair of the Board of Directors

J. Leslie Winston, DDS, PhD

Board of Directors

James M. Boyle, III, DDS

Board of Directors

Saba Mohammadi

Postdoctoral Scholar

Mohammed Zahedul Islam Nizami PhD, GDCSc, BDS

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alex Grossman

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ozge Unlu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar

Marina Aspesi, DDS, MSc

Postdoctoral Scholar

Katalina Lauwens

Graduate Scholar

Nil Yakar

Postdoctoral Scholar

Manda Yu, BSc MPhil PhD

Staff Scientist I

Seog Bae Oh

Adjunct Faculty

Fernando Guastaldi

Adjunct Faculty

Rhys Kattinanon BS, MSc

Research Assistant

Mary Tavares, DMD, MPH

Senior Investigator

Philip C. Trackman, PhD

Senior Investigator

Thomas E. Van Dyke, DDS, PhD

VP for Clinical and Translational Research

Benjamin Wu, DDS, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

Tingxi Wu, DDS, PhD

Assistant Member of Staff

Qing Yu, MD, PhD

Associate Member of Staff

Yulong Zhang, PhD

Assistant Investigator

Jing Zhou, PhD

Associate Investigator

Eric Kang Ting

Adjunct Faculty

Sergi Trilla

Adjunct Faculty

William Wade

Adjunct Faculty

Yun-Po Zhang

Adjunct Faculty

Alpdogan Kantarci, DDS, MSc, PhD

Senior Member of Staff

Yumi Maeda, DMD, DDS, PhD

Assistant Investigator

Jessica Mark Welch, PhD

Senior Member of Staff

Takamitsu Maruyama, PhD

Assistant Member of Staff

Bruce J. Paster, PhD

Emeritus Member of Staff

Megan Pugach-Gordon, PhD

Assistant Investigator

Daniel J. Smith, PhD

Emeritus Member of Staff

Jirun Sun, MS, PhD

Associate Member of Staff

Anne C.R. Tanner, BDS, PhD

Emerita Member of Staff

Martin A. Taubman, PhD

Emeritus Member of Staff

Julian Torres Morales, BS, MS

Research Associate

Mengdi Yang, MS

Graduate Scholar

Tina Yaskell, BS

Senior Research Fellow

Shinichiro Yoshida, DDS, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Phrao Zimmerman, BS,

Research Assistant

Ning Yu, Dds, PhD

Staff Associate

Min Kyeong (Mink) Kim, DDS

Graduate Scholar

Jitendra Ariga

Adjunct Faculty

Nidia Castro dos Santos

Adjunct Faculty

Mark Davis

Adjunct Faculty

Hakan Karaaslan, DDS

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dongfang Li, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kai Li, DDS, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jianhui Liu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Natcha Mahatumarat, DDS

Graduate Scholar

Eri O. Maruyama, PhD

Lab Manager

Nika Mehrnia, MS, DDS

Postdoctoral Fellow

Fabiola Miranda-Sanchez, PhD

Staff Scientist

Eduardo Oliveira, MSc, DDS, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Michele Patel, BS,

Multiplex Core Manager

Yaser Peymanfar, Msc, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Shamayim Tabita Ramirez Puebla, PhD

Staff Scientist

Christina Rothenberger, BS

Graduate Fellow

Paula LaPalme, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Chief Administrative and Human Resource Officer

Carla Alvarez Rivas, DDS, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kyle Bredin, BS, MHS

Flow Cytometry Core Manager

Matthew Bronstad, PhD

Senior Biostatistician

Jake Cantrell, MS

Graduate Scholar

Lujia Cen, MS, Lab Manager

Lab Manager

Deepak Chouhan, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Susan Connolly Yost, BA, MS

Senior Research Associate

Pu-Ting Dong, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Eiba Eltay, Bds, Clinical MD

Graduate Scholar

Jeremy Elias, MS, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rafaela Ferrer De Oliveira, Msc, DDS

Postdoctoral Scholar

Michael Friedman, BS

Graduate Scholar

Jonathan Giacomini, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jennifer Gundrum, BS

Manager

Zhirui Jiang, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Nazli Idil Kacamak, DDM, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Stephen E. Thorne IV

Board of Directors

David W. Ellis, PhD

Board Emeritus

Dr. John Ficarelli, DMD

Board Emeritus

Rosalee Hermens

Board Emeritus

Janet Kelly

Board Emeritus

Walter M. Pressey

Board Emeritus

Robyn Redfield

Board Emeritus

Anthony R. Volpe, DDS, MS

Board Emeritus

Wenyuan Shi, PhD

Chief Executive Officer

Sok Cheng Soh

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Michael Greeley

Board of Directors

Yang Hu, PhD

Assistant Investigator

Wei Hsu, PhD

Senior Member of Staff

Xuesong He, PhD, DDS

Senior Member of Staff

Hatice Hasturk, DDS, PhD

Senior Member of Staff

J. Max Goodson, DDS, PhD

Emeritus Member of Staff

Mary Ellen Davey, PhD

Senior Member of Staff

Tsute (George) Chen, PhD

Associate Investigator

Gary Borisy, PhD

Senior Investigator

Felicitas Bidlack, PhD

Senior Director of Research Affairs

Margaret J. Duncan, PhD

Emerita Member of Staff

Batbileg Bor, PhD

Associate Member of Staff

Floyd Dewhirst, DDS, PhD

Emeritus Member of Staff

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