de Pablo Group

Sanaz Sadati

Monirosadat (Sanaz) Sadati is from Tehran, Iran. She received her BS and MS degrees in polymer engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran. To pursue her PhD, she joined the Institute of Polymer Physics at ETH Zurich in October 2007, where, under the supervision of Professor Hans Christian Oettinger, she studied the complex flow of linear and branched polymer melts in a cross-slot channel using birefringence and particle tracking techniques as well as rheological modeling. After earning her PhD in 2012, Sanaz moved to the Fredberg Lab at Harvard University to explore the underlying physics of collective cell migration and collision of cellular monolayers in wound-healing assays. In April 2014, she joined Professor de Pablo’s group as an experimentalist.

Much of her research focuses on colloidal forces and self-assembly of colloidal particles in liquid crystalline materials. Sanaz is also interested in designing responsive liquid crystal interfaces for sensing of chemical and biological molecules and their interactions. Moreover, she is studying conformation and dynamics of DNA in microfluidic systems using fluorescence microscopy.

A pH-Triggered, Self-Assembled, and Bioprintable Hybrid Hydrogel Scaffold for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Based Bone Tissue Engineering

Zhao, Chen, et al. "A pH-Triggered, Self-Assembled, and Bioprintable Hybrid Hydrogel Scaffold for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Based Bone Tissue Engineering." ACS applied materials & interfaces 11.9 (2019): 8749-8762.

Water Flux Induced Reorientation of Liquid Crystals

Ramezani-Dakhel, Hadi, et al. "Water Flux Induced Reorientation of Liquid Crystals." ACS central science 3.12 (2017): 1345-1349.

Spherical nematic shells with a prolate ellipsoidal core

Sadati, Monirosadat, et al. "Spherical nematic shells with a prolate ellipsoidal core." Soft matter 13.41 (2017): 7465-7472.

Mesoscale martensitic transformation in single crystals of topological defects

Li, Xiao, et al. "Mesoscale martensitic transformation in single crystals of topological defects." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114.38 (2017): 10011-10016.

Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals

Martínez-González, Jose A., et al. "Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals." Nature communications 8 (2017): 15854.

Gelatin-Derived Graphene–Silicate Hybrid Materials Are Biocompatible and Synergistically Promote BMP9-Induced Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Zou, Yulong, et al. "Gelatin-Derived Graphene–Silicate Hybrid Materials Are Biocompatible and Synergistically Promote BMP9-Induced Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells." ACS applied materials & interfaces 9.19 (2017): 15922-15932.

Molecular Structure of Canonical Liquid Crystal Interfaces

Sadati, Monirosadat, et al. "Molecular Structure of Canonical Liquid Crystal Interfaces." Journal of the American Chemical Society 139.10 (2017): 3841-3850.

Understanding Atomic-Scale Behavior of Liquid Crystals at Aqueous Interfaces

Ramezani-Dakhel, Hadi, et al. "Understanding Atomic-Scale Behavior of Liquid Crystals at Aqueous Interfaces." Journal of chemical theory and computation 13.1 (2016): 237-244.

Mesoscale structure of chiral nematic shells

Zhou, Ye, et al. "Mesoscale structure of chiral nematic shells." Soft matter 12.44 (2016): 8983-8989.

Liquid Crystal Enabled Early Stage Detection of Beta Amyloid Formation on Lipid Monolayers

Sadati, Monirosadat, et al. "Liquid crystal enabled early stage detection of beta amyloid formation on lipid monolayers." Advanced Functional Materials 25.38 (2015): 6050-6060.