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Faculty Conducting Research

Bioscience Research

Chair

Mustafa Dabbous, MS, PhD
Chair & Professor

Director

Antheunis Versluis, PhD
Professor & Director of Biomaterials

Faculty

Jegdish Babu, BS, MS, PhD
Associate Professor

Franklin Garcia-Godoy, DDS, MS, PhD, PhD
Professor

Mark Scarbecz, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean, Institutional Affairs

Edwin Thomas, MS, PhD
Professor

David Tipton, DDS, PhD
Professor

Yanhui Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor 

Endodontics

Chair

Adam Lloyd, BDS, MS
Chair & Associate Professor  

Orthodontics

Chair

Terry Trojan, DDS, MS
Chair & Associate Professor 

Faculty

Edward Harris, PhD
Professor Emeritus

Pediatric Dentistry & Community Oral Health

Director

Liang Hong, DDS, MS, PhD
Associate Professor & Director, Community Oral Health

Faculty

Martin Donaldson, DDS
Associate Professor

Periodontology

Faculty

Anastasios Karydis, DDS, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor

David Tipton, DDS, PhD 
Professor

Prosthodontics

Director

David Cagna, DMD, MS
Professor | Director, Graduate Prosthodontics

Faculty

Vinay Jain, BDS, MS, MDS
Assistant Professor

Restorative Dentistry

Director

James Simon, DDS, MEd
Professor | Director, Esthetic Dentistry

Faculty

Daranee Versluis-Tantbirojn, DDS, PhD 
Associate Professor

Sep 19, 2025