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Dr Iman Roohani

Dr Iman Roohani

Visiting Fellow

(B.Sc. Mater Sci, M.Sc. Biomat Sci, Ph.D. Biomed Eng),

Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering

Biographical Details

I was awarded my Ph.D. degree in 2014 (in Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering) from University of Sydney. My research group is investigating cell-biomaterial based strategies for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration and their application in the clinical translation of orthopaedic medical devices. This research technology platform involves 3D Biofabrication and additive manufacturing of biomaterials and medical devices applied to regenerative medicine of bone and development of novel nanocarriers and bone grafts to promote bone healing or treat bone diseases. Throughout my career, I have developed several novel biomaterials for the treatment of large bone defects, osteochondral defect regeneration and for stabilisation of metallic implants. I was fortunate as an early career researcher and the main inventor, to translate an innovative bioengineering technology from the laboratory bench through to successful commercialisation of a tissue engineering product. This product, a novel synthetic bone graft, Sr-HT-Gahnite, has been exclusively licenced globally by an Australian orthopaedic medical device company, Allegra Orthopaedics. Allegra was awarded $1.6M from the NSW Government Medical Devices Fund in 2015 to bring this technology to market. My achievements have been recognised through receiving of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship for funding in 2016–2019.In 2017, I moved to University of New South Wales, School of Chemistry as a research fellow to work closely with Scientia Professor Justin Gooding and establish a Biomaterials Design and Tissue Engineering lab.

Available projects

  • Cell-instructive and cell-responsive biomaterials (the aim is to develop a unique approach in building biomaterials that are cell-instructive and cell-responsive. This can create a selective and dynamic feedback loop between a cell and the microenvironment).
  • Gene activating scaffolds (The aim of this study is to develop a new generation of 3D constructs that can host cells in a 3D dimensional environment and are able to deliver biomolecules into the cells).
  • New generation of bioceramic, bioactive glasses and bone cements for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration.
  • Development of universal methodologies to test efficacy of biomaterials; replacing the conventional methods.
  • Printing complexed shaped inorganic based tissue scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.
  • Synthesis of new generation of bioceramic, bioactive glasses and bone cements for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration.
  • Development of biomaterials as synthetic tendon, skin and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
  • Biomaterials for neural regeneration (material effects on cell behaviours such as proliferation, differentiation, directed neurite growth, and tissue function).
  • An exhaustive investigation on Biomaterials-microstructure-protein/cell interactions.
  • Surface coating strategies for medical implants and tissue scaffolds.
  • Designing load bearing scaffolds for treatment of segmental bone defects.
  • Synthesis and fabrication of multifunctional calcium phosphate nanoparticles.

Interested in joining the group?

Please contact me

  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Romanazzo S; Kilian KA; Roohani I, 2021, 'iPSC bioprinting for musculoskeletal tissue', in iPSCs in Tissue Engineering, pp. 237 - 270,
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat HH, 2012, 'Ceramic Scaffolds, Current Issues and Future Trends', in Integrated Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering, pp. 25 - 46,
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Chakraborty S; Katsifis G; Roohani I; Boyer C; McKenzie D; Willcox MDP; Chen R; Kumar N, 2023, 'Electrostatic and Covalent Binding of an Antibacterial Polymer to Hydroxyapatite for Protection against Escherichia coli Colonization', Materials, 16, pp. 5045,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Holmes NP; Roohani I; Entezari A; Guagliardo P; Mirkhalaf M; Lu Z; Chen YS; Yang L; Dunstan CR; Zreiqat H; Cairney JM, 2023, 'Discovering an unknown territory using atom probe tomography: Elemental exchange at the bioceramic scaffold/bone tissue interface', Acta Biomaterialia, 162, pp. 199 - 210,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hume RD; Kanagalingam S; Deshmukh T; Chen S; Mithieux SM; Rashid FN; Roohani I; Lu J; Doan T; Graham D; Clayton ZE; Slaughter E; Kizana E; Stempien-Otero AS; Brown P; Thomas L; Weiss AS; Chong JJH, 2023, 'Tropoelastin Improves Post-Infarct Cardiac Function', Circulation Research, 132, pp. 72 - 86,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Jalandhra GK; Molley TG; Hung TT; Roohani I; Kilian KA, 2023, 'In situ formation of osteochondral interfaces through “bone-ink” printing in tailored microgel suspensions', Acta Biomaterialia, 156, pp. 75 - 87,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Roohani I; Newsom E; Zreiqat H, 2023, 'High-resolution vat-photopolymerization of personalized bioceramic implants: new advances, regulatory hurdles, and key recommendations', International Materials Reviews, 68, pp. 1075 - 1097,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sabahi N; Roohani I; Wang CH; Farajzadeh E; Li X, 2023, 'Thermoplastic polyurethane-based shape memory polymers with potential biomedical application: The effect of TPU soft-segment on shape memory effect and cytocompatibility', Polymer, 283,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jalandhra G; Romanazzo S; Nemec S; Roohani I; Kilian KA, 2022, 'Ceramic Omnidirectional Bioprinting in Cell-Laden Suspensions for the Generation of Bone Analogs', Journal of Visualized Experiments,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jalandhra G; Romanazzo S; Nemec S; Roohani I; Kilian KA, 2022, 'Ceramic Omnidirectional Bioprinting in Cell-laden Suspensions for the Generation of Bone Analogs', Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2022,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Roohani I; No YJ; Zuo B; Xiang SD; Lu Z; Liu H; Plebanski M; Zreiqat H, 2022, 'Low-Temperature Synthesis of Hollow β‑Tricalcium Phosphate Particles for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 8, pp. 1806 - 1815,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Roohani I; Yeo GC; Mithieux SM; Weiss AS, 2022, 'Emerging concepts in bone repair and the premise of soft materials', Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 74, pp. 220 - 229,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chakraborty S; Kuppusamy R; Roohani I; Walsh WR; Willcox MDP; Kumar N; Chen R, 2021, 'Antibacterial peptidomimetic and characterization of its efficacy as an antibacterial and biocompatible coating for bioceramic-based bone substitutes', Materials Advances, 2, pp. 6369 - 6379,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ramaswamy Y; Roohani I; No YJ; Madafiglio G; Chang F; Zhang F; Lu Z; Zreiqat H, 2021, 'Nature-inspired topographies on hydroxyapatite surfaces regulate stem cells behaviour', Bioactive Materials, 6, pp. 1107 - 1117,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Romanazzo S; Molley TG; Nemec S; Lin K; Sheikh R; Gooding JJ; Wan B; Li Q; Kilian KA; Roohani I, 2021, 'Synthetic Bone-Like Structures Through Omnidirectional Ceramic Bioprinting in Cell Suspensions', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, pp. 2008216,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Roohani I; Cheong S; Wang A, 2021, 'How to build a bone? - Hydroxyapatite or Posner's clusters as bone minerals', Open Ceramics, 6,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Entezari A; Liu NC; Roohani I; Zhang Z; Chen J; Sarrafpour B; Zoellner H; Behi M; Zreiqat H; Li Q, 2020, 'On design for additive manufacturing (DAM) parameter and its effects on biomechanical properties of 3D printed ceramic scaffolds', Materials Today Communications, 23,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Entezari A; Swain MV; Gooding JJ; Roohani I; Li Q, 2020, 'A modular design strategy to integrate mechanotransduction concepts in scaffold-based bone tissue engineering', Acta Biomaterialia, 118, pp. 100 - 112,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Lin X; Romanazzo S; Lin K; Kelly C; Gooding JJ; Roohani I, 2020, 'Elliptical supra-cellular topographies regulate stem cells migratory pattern and osteogenic differentiation', Materialia, 14, pp. 100870,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Entezari A; Roohani I; Li G; Dunstan CR; Rognon P; Li Q; Jiang X; Zreiqat H, 2019, 'Architectural Design of 3D Printed Scaffolds Controls the Volume and Functionality of Newly Formed Bone', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 8,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Jia Z; Xiu P; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H; Xiong P; Zhou W; Yan J; Cheng Y; Zheng Y, 2019, 'Triple-Bioinspired Burying/Crosslinking Interfacial Coassembly Strategy for Layer-by-Layer Construction of Robust Functional Bioceramic Self-Coatings for Osteointegration Applications', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11, pp. 4447 - 4469,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Li JJ; Dunstan CR; Entezari A; Li Q; Steck R; Saifzadeh S; Sadeghpour A; Field JR; Akey A; Vielreicher M; Friedrich O; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H, 2019, 'A Novel Bone Substitute with High Bioactivity, Strength, and Porosity for Repairing Large and Load-Bearing Bone Defects', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 8,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Li JJ; Dunstan CR; Entezari A; Li Q; Steck R; Saifzadeh S; Sadeghpour A; Field JR; Akey A; Vielreicher M; Friedrich O; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H, 2019, 'Correction to: A Novel Bone Substitute with High Bioactivity, Strength, and Porosity for Repairing Large and Load-Bearing Bone Defects (Advanced Healthcare Materials, (2019), 8, 8, (1801298), 10.1002/adhm.201801298)', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 8,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Lin K; Sheikh R; Romanazzo S; Roohani I, 2019, '3D printing of bioceramic scaffolds-barriers to the clinical translation: From promise to reality, and future perspectives', Materials, 12,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Romanazzo S; Nemec S; Roohani I, 2019, 'iPSC bioprinting: Where are we at?', Materials, 12,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Roohaniesfahani I; Wang J; No YJ; de Candia C; Miao X; Lu Z; Shi J; Kaplan DL; Jiang X; Zreiqat H, 2019, 'Modulatory effect of simultaneously released magnesium, strontium, and silicon ions on injectable silk hydrogels for bone regeneration', Materials Science and Engineering C, 94, pp. 976 - 987,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Li JJ; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Kim K; Kaplan DL; Zreiqat H, 2017, 'Silk coating on a bioactive ceramic scaffold for bone regeneration: effective enhancement of mechanical and in vitro osteogenic properties towards load-bearing applications', Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 11, pp. 1741 - 1753,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Lu Z; Chen Y; Dunstan C; Roohani-Esfahani S; Zreiqat H, 2017, 'Priming Adipose Stem Cells with Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Preconditioning Potentiates Their Exosome Efficacy for Bone Regeneration', Tissue Engineering - Part A, 23, pp. 1212 - 1220,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Lin K; Zreiqat H, 2017, 'Fabrication of bioinspired structured glass–ceramics with enhanced fracture toughness', Journal of Materials Science, 52, pp. 9202 - 9210,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H, 2017, 'Nanoparticles: A promising new therapeutic platform for bone regeneration?', Nanomedicine, 12, pp. 419 - 422,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Sehgal RR; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H; Banerjee R, 2017, 'Nanostructured gellan and xanthan hydrogel depot integrated within a baghdadite scaffold augments bone regeneration', Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 11, pp. 1195 - 1211,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wang G; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zhang W; Lv K; Yang G; Ding X; Zou D; Cui D; Zreiqat H; Jiang X, 2017, 'Effects of Sr-HT-Gahnite on osteogenesis and angiogenesis by adipose derived stem cells for critical-sized calvarial defect repair', Scientific Reports, 7,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Entezari A; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zhang Z; Zreiqat H; Dunstan CR; Li Q, 2016, 'Fracture behaviors of ceramic tissue scaffolds for load bearing applications', Scientific Reports, 6,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Graney PL; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H; Spiller KL, 2016, 'In vitro response of macrophages to ceramic scaffolds used for bone regeneration', Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 13,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Li JJ; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Dunstan CR; Quach T; Steck R; Saifzadeh S; Pivonka P; Zreiqat H, 2016, 'Efficacy of novel synthetic bone substitutes in the reconstruction of large segmental bone defects in sheep tibiae', Biomedical Materials (Bristol), 11,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Newman P; Zreiqat H, 2016, 'Design and Fabrication of 3D printed Scaffolds with a Mechanical Strength Comparable to Cortical Bone to Repair Large Bone Defects', Scientific Reports, 6,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; No YJ; Lu Z; Ng PY; Chen Y; Shi J; Pavlos NJ; Zreiqat H, 2016, 'A bioceramic with enhanced osteogenic properties to regulate the function of osteoblastic and osteocalastic cells for bone tissue regeneration', Biomedical Materials (Bristol), 11,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Chen Y; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Lu ZF; Zreiqat H; Dunstan CR, 2015, 'Zirconium ions up-regulate the BMP/SMAD signaling pathway and promote the proliferation and differentiation of human osteoblasts', PLoS ONE, 10,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Kariem H; Pastrama MI; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Pivonka P; Zreiqat H; Hellmich C, 2015, 'Micro-poro-elasticity of baghdadite-based bone tissue engineering scaffolds: A unifying approach based on ultrasonics, nanoindentation, and homogenization theory', Materials Science and Engineering C, 46, pp. 553 - 564,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Li JJ; Kim K; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Guo J; Kaplan DL; Zreiqat H, 2015, 'A biphasic scaffold based on silk and bioactive ceramic with stratified properties for osteochondral tissue regeneration', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3, pp. 5361 - 5376,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Lu ZF; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Li JJ; Zreiqat H, 2015, 'Synergistic effect of nanomaterials and BMP-2 signalling in inducing osteogenic differentiation of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells', Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 11, pp. 219 - 228,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Newman P; Lu Z; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Church TL; Biro M; Davies B; King A; Mackenzie K; Minett AI; Zreiqat H, 2015, 'Porous and strong three-dimensional carbon nanotube coated ceramic scaffolds for tissue engineering', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3, pp. 8337 - 8347,
    Journal articles | 2015
    No YJ; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Lu Z; Schaer T; Zreiqat H, 2015, 'Injectable radiopaque and bioactive polycaprolactone-ceramic composites for orthopedic augmentation', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials, 103, pp. 1465 - 1477,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Lu Z; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H, 2014, 'Mimicking bone microenvironment for directing adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells into osteogenic differentiation', Methods in Molecular Biology, 1202, pp. 161 - 171,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Lu ZF; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H, 2014, 'Mimicking bone microenvironment for directing adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells into osteogenic differentiation', Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1202, pp. 161 - 171,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Lu ZF; Wang GC; Roohani-Esfahani I; Dunstan CR; Zreiqat H, 2014, 'Baghdadite ceramics modulate the cross talk between human adipose stem cells and osteoblasts for bone regeneration', Tissue Engineering - Part A, 20, pp. 992 - 1002,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Newman P; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H; Minett A, 2014, 'See the extracellular forest for the nanotrees', Materials Today, 17, pp. 43 - 44,
    Journal articles | 2014
    No YJ; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Zreiqat H, 2014, 'Nanomaterials: The next step in injectable bone cements', Nanomedicine, 9, pp. 1745 - 1764,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Wong KY; Lu Z; Juan Chen Y; Li JJ; Gronthos S; Menicanin D; Shi J; Dunstan C; Zreiqat H, 2014, 'Fabrication of a novel triphasic and bioactive ceramic and evaluation of its in vitro and in vivo cytocompatibility and osteogenesis', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2, pp. 1866 - 1878,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Li JJ; Gil ES; Hayden RS; Li C; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Kaplan DL; Zreiqat H, 2013, 'Multiple silk coatings on biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds: Effect on physical and mechanical properties and in vitro osteogenic response of human mesenchymal stem cells', Biomacromolecules, 14, pp. 2179 - 2188,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Chen Y; Shi J; Zreiqat H, 2013, 'Fabrication and characterization of a new, strong and bioactive ceramic scaffold for bone regeneration', Materials Letters, 107, pp. 378 - 381,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Dunstan CR; Li JJ; Lu Z; Davies B; Pearce S; Field J; Williams R; Zreiqat H, 2013, 'Unique microstructural design of ceramic scaffolds for bone regeneration under load', Acta Biomaterialia, 9, pp. 7014 - 7024,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Lu ZF; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Wang G; Zreiqat H, 2012, 'Bone biomimetic microenvironment induces osteogenic differentiation of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells', Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 8, pp. 507 - 515,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Dunstan CR; Davies B; Pearce S; Williams R; Zreiqat H, 2012, 'Repairing a critical-sized bone defect with highly porous modified and unmodified baghdadite scaffolds', Acta Biomaterialia, 8, pp. 4162 - 4172,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Lu ZF; Li JJ; Ellis-Behnke R; Kaplan DL; Zreiqat H, 2012, 'Effect of self-assembled nanofibrous silk/polycaprolactone layer on the osteoconductivity and mechanical properties of biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds', Acta Biomaterialia, 8, pp. 302 - 312,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Nouri-Khorasani S; Lu ZF; Fathi MH; Razavi M; Appleyard RC; Zreiqat H, 2012, 'Modification of porous calcium phosphate surfaces with different geometries of bioactive glass nanoparticles', Materials Science and Engineering C, 32, pp. 830 - 839,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Wang G; Lu Z; Xie KY; Lu WY; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Kondyurin A; Zreiqat H, 2012, 'A facile method to in situ formation of hydroxyapatite single crystal architecture for enhanced osteoblast adhesion', Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, pp. 19081 - 19087,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Lu Z; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Kwok PCL; Zreiqat H, 2011, 'Osteoblasts on rod shaped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles incorporated pcl film provide an optimal osteogenic niche for stem cell differentiation', Tissue Engineering - Part A, 17, pp. 1651 - 1661,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Lu Z; Zreiqat H, 2011, 'Novel, simple and reproducible method for preparation of composite hierarchal porous structure scaffolds', Materials Letters, 65, pp. 2578 - 2581,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Nouri-Khorasani S; Lu ZF; Appleyard RC; Zreiqat H, 2011, 'Effects of bioactive glass nanoparticles on the mechanical and biological behavior of composite coated scaffolds', Acta Biomaterialia, 7, pp. 1307 - 1318,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Emadi R; Roohani Esfahani SI; Tavangarian F, 2010, 'A novel, low temperature method for the preparation of ß-TCP/HAP biphasic nanostructured ceramic scaffold from natural cancellous bone', Materials Letters, 64, pp. 993 - 996,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Emadi R; Tavangarian F; Esfahani SIR; Sheikhhosseini A; Kharaziha M, 2010, 'Nanostructured forsterite coating strengthens porous hydroxyapatite for bone tissue engineering', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 93, pp. 2679 - 2683,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Emadi R; Tavangarian F; Esfahani SIR, 2010, 'Biodegradable and bioactive properties of a novel bone scaffold coated with nanocrystalline bioactive glass for bone tissue engineering', Materials Letters, 64, pp. 1528 - 1531,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Roohani-Esfahani SI; Nouri-Khorasani S; Lu Z; Appleyard R; Zreiqat H, 2010, 'The influence hydroxyapatite nanoparticle shape and size on the properties of biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds coated with hydroxyapatite-PCL composites', Biomaterials, 31, pp. 5498 - 5509,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Tavangarian F; Emadi R; Roohani Esfahani SI, 2010, 'A novel method to synthesis of β-TCP/HA biphasic nanocrystalline powder by using bovine bone', International Journal of Modern Physics B, 24, pp. 3365 - 3372,
    Journal articles | 2008
    Esfahani SIR; Tavangarian F; Emadi R, 2008, 'Nanostructured bioactive glass coating on porous hydroxyapatite scaffold for strength enhancement', Materials Letters, 62, pp. 3428 - 3430,
  • Conference Papers | 2014
    Kariem H; Pastrama MI; Roohani-Esfahani SI; Pivonka P; Zreiqat H; Hellmich C, 2014, 'Micro-elasticity of porous ceramic baghdadite: A combined acoustic-nanoindentation approach supported by homogenization theory', in 31st Danubia-Adria Symposium on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, DAS 2014 - Proceedings, pp. 76 - 77
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Fathi MH; Mortazavi V; Hanifi A; Roohani SI, 2009, 'Synthesis, characterization and bioactivity evaluation of nano-structured hydroxyapatite', in WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences, pp. 309 - 317,
    Preprints |
    Holmes N; Roohani I; Entezari A; Guagliardo P; Mirkhalaf M; Lu Z; Chen Y-S; Yang L; Dunstan C; Zreiqat H; Cairney JM, Discovering an Unknown Territory Using Atom Probe: Elemental Exchange at the Bioceramic Scaffold/Bone Tissue Interface, ,

2018-2020 Roohani-Esfahani (CIA), A Targeted Drug Delivery System for Treatment of Bone Metastasis. NHMRC project grant; AUD $243,607.00, Australia.

2018-2020 Roohani-Esfahani (CID), Optimising bone regeneration using advanced design and fabrication technologies. NHMRC project grant; AUD $916,671.00, Australia.

2019-2020 DAAD German Academic Exchange Service; Gooding (AU), Roohani-Esfahani (AU), Balmayor (DE); Spatiotemporal Delivery of Chemically modified RNA with a Novel 3D Printed Ceramic Scaffold to Treat Large Bone Defects.

2016-2020 Roohani-Esfahani (CIA), Optimising microstructure of 3D printed biomaterials provides an appropriate microenvironment for reconstruction of segmental bone defects; NHMRC /Early Career Fellowship. AUD 314,644.00

2014-2016 Roohani-Esfahani SI (CI), Han L (AI), Steck R (AI) and Zreiqat H (AI). Architecturally-controlled synthetic bone substitutes for bone regeneration under load. AO Foundation Start up Grant; AUD $95,000, Davos, Switzerland.

2015-2016 H Zreiqat (CI), Roohani-Esfahani. The Cellular-Scaffold Interface unravelled: Advanced Multiphoton-Imaging to optimize Bone Tissue Engineeringprinted Ceramics, Group of Eight/Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme.

2014-2016 K Spiller, Roohani-Esfahani SI, H Zreiqat (CI). Research planning and proof-of-concept study of macrophage-scaffold interactions. US National Science Foundation, CNIC Scheme; USD $70,000.

2014-2015 Roohani-Esfahani SI. Early Career Researcher Development Scheme, University of Sydney; AUD $44,000.

2018Fresh Science RecipientNSW.

2018 Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society Travel Award.

2017 Excellent Research Contribution Award and Travel Award, 6th Int`l Conference on Tissue Engineering/3rd Int`l Conference on Regenerative Biomedical Materials, Crete, Greece.

2016 NH&MRC Peter Doherty Biomedical Early Career Research Fellowship.

2016 Dean’s Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Sydney.

2016 Selected as TERMIS-AP SYIS advisory committee member in Taiwan out of international applicants.

2015 Selected Tissue Engineering Young Investigator Council, Tissue Engineering Journal, USA (over 450 world-wide applicants).

2014 Outstanding Young Investigator Award in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, South Korea.

2014 Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society Travel Award.

2014 Outstanding Reviewer of the Journal of Materials Science and Engineering Materials for Biological applications.

2012 Research Excellence 1st Award for outstanding PhD research achievement, University of Sydney.

2012 Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society Travel Award.

2012 Runner Up for Excellence in Innovation Award at Research Conversazione, University of Sydney.

2011 Best Postgraduate Poster Presentation Award in the field of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney.

2011 Runner Up for outstanding graduate student, WFRIM young investigator award, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine-North America, Texas, USA.

2011 Sydnovate 1st Award for Excellence in Innovation at Research Conversazione, University of Sydney.

2011 Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society Travel Award.

2011 Finalist of Engineering Award Australia.

2010 Sydnovate 1st Award for Excellence in Innovation at Research Conversazione, University of Sydney.

2010 Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society Travel Award.

2010 Best Postgraduate Poster Presentation Award in the field of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney.

2010 Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Postgraduate Research Scholarship, University of Sydney.

2006 Received an award (1,500 US$) as a fulfilment grant for master’s degree Project and research and innovation in the field of nanotechnology from Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative.

2001 Talented Bachelor Student, Isfahan University of Technology.

  • Australia and New Zealand Orthopedic Research Society (ANZORS)
  • Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (ASBTE)
  • Australian Centre for NanoMedicine (ACN)
  • International Federation of Musculoskeletal Research Societies (IFMRS)

Editorial

  • 2018 Guess editor, Special Issue of “Additive manufacturing, and Biofabrication of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds”, Journal of Materials.
  • 2018Editorial board member of Journal of Biomedical Glasses.
  • 2017 Guess editor, Journal of Functional Biomaterials, Special issue of “Recent Advances in Bioceramics”.
  • 2017 Editorial Board member of the Journal of “Biomaterials and Medical Applications”.
  • 2015-2016 Honorary young investigator board member of journal of “Tissue Engineering”.