Our Team
Who We Are
The team members at The Laboratory for Advanced Functional/Medicinal Polymers & Smart Drug Delivery Technologies are made up of experienced and dedicated researchers from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds. What unites them is an undying passion for learning and discovery. Meet them below.

Assistant Prof. Shady Farah, PhD
Lab Head

Dr. Merna Shaheen-Mualim, PhD
Senior Researcher & Lab Manager

Shifaa Bdarneh
Researcher and Lab administrative assistance

Neta Kutner
MSc Student

Nagham Rashed
MSc Student

Eid Nassar-Marjiya
PhD Student

Reem Hogerat
MSc Student

MOFEED ELIAS
MSC STUDENT

DR. NAGHAM MOALLEM-SAFURI, MD
RESEARCHER

EDWAR ODEH
MSC STUDENT

QI WU
PhD STUDENT

NADINE KANA'AN
MSc Student

Georgina Shinara
Lab Researcher

Dr. lama mattar, DMD
MSc student

Krishanu Ghosal
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Konda Reddy Kunduru, PhD
Post Doctor- Fellow

Simran Jindal
PhD Student

Majd Bisharat
PhD Student
Former team Members

Dr. Luna Rizik, PHD
Senior Researcher &
Lab manager

JENNIE TOKAREV
Lab Researcher
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

Gil Manasherov
Undergraduate student

LIYA DAVID
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

Ofek Levi
Lab Researcher
Undergraduate student

Carmel Komerchero
Undergraduate student

Adi Fishman
Undergraduate student

NATALI TABACK
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

NOA Zekri
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

MALAK Hijazi
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT