Moein Zarei PhD Eng.

Graduate of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, majoring in Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Tissue Engineering (2016). In 2023, he received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering from the Department of Polymer and Biomaterials Sciences, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, for his thesis entitled "Biodegradable and biomimetic fibrous composite of hierarchical structure." During his Ph.D., he worked on the fabrication of multi-layered multiscale hierarchical structures, mimicking vascular tissues, using 3D printing, template-assisted electrospinning, and perfusion coating.

During his academic journey, he worked as a Research Assistant at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran (2016–2019), where he provided support to the lead researcher, assisted in developing and writing research proposals, led a team of researchers, co-supervised medical students and other team members, gathered and analyzed research data, and contributed to research reports, publications, and conference presentations.

He also had scientific internships at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany, where he worked on the preparation and 3D printing of PBS copolymers, and at Cargill Bioindustrial, Gouda, Netherlands, where he focused on the preparation and evaluation of reversible adhesives.

He is a specialist in designing and characterizing biomaterials, such as polymers, ceramics, and composites, for tissue engineering scaffold fabrication, utilizing techniques including electrospinning, freeze drying, and 3D printing. He is also the co-author of over 20 scientific articles.

• Development and processing of biomaterials, including polymers, nanocomposites, and ceramics for tissue engineering applications.
• Fabrication of three-dimensional scaffolds using electrospinning, freeze drying, and 3D printing techniques.
• Physical and chemical characterization of materials.
• In vitro and in vivo examinations of biocompatibility, biodegradability, and bioactivity.

• Tanideh N, Azarpira N, Sarafraz N, Zare S, Rowshanghiyas A, Farshidfar N, Iraji A, Zarei M*, El Fray M*. Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)-multiwalled carbon nanotubes electrospun scaffolds modified with curcumin. Polymers. 2020 Nov 4;12(11):2588.
• Zarei M, Żwir MJ, Wiśniewska E, Michalkiewicz B, El Fray M. Melt and solution processability of poly (butylene succinate‐dilinoleic succinate) copolymers modified with poly (ethylene glycol) using 3D printing and electrospinning. Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 2023 Nov;34(11):3586-602.
• Zarei M, Michalkiewicz B, El Fray M. Boosting the Biodegradation and Bioactivity of PBS‐DLS Copolymers via Incorporation of PEG. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 2024 Feb 6:2300443.
• Khodabandeh Z, Tanideh N, Aslani FS, Jamhiri I, Zare S, Alizadeh N, Safari A, Farshidfar N, Dara M, Zarei M*. A comparative in vitro and in vivo study on bone tissue engineering potential of the collagen/nano-hydroxyapatite scaffolds loaded with ginger extract and curcumin. Materials Today Communications. 2022 Jun 1;31:103339.
• Farshidfar N, Tanideh N, Emami Z, Aslani FS, Sarafraz N, Khodabandeh Z, Zare S, Farshidfar G, Nikoofal-Sahlabadi S, Tayebi L, Zarei M*. Incorporation of curcumin into collagen-multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite scaffold: an in vitro and in vivo study. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 2022 Nov 1;21:4558-76.
• Zarei M, Tanideh N, Zare S, Aslani FS, Koohi-Hosseinabadi O, Rowshanghias A, Pourjavaheri F, Mehryar P, Muthuraj R. Electrospun poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)/chicken feather-derived keratin scaffolds: Fabrication, in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility evaluation. Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 2020 Jan;34(6):741-52.
• Zarei M, El Fray M. Synthesis of hydrophilic poly (butylene succinate-butylene dilinoleate)(PBS-DLS) copolymers containing poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) of variable molecular weights. Polymers. 2021 Sep 18;13(18):3177.
• Zarei M, Karbasi S. Evaluation of the effects of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on electrospun poly (3-hydroxybutirate) scaffold for tissue engineering applications. Journal of Porous Materials. 2018 Feb;25:259-72.
• Zarei M, Karbasi S, Aslani FS, Zare S, Koohi-Hosseinabad O, Tanideh N. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)/carbon nanotubes electrospun scaffolds for periodontal ligament tissue engineering. Journal of Dentistry. 2020 Mar;21(1):18.
• Zarei M, Tanideh N, Zare S, Sari Aslani F, Koohi-Hosseinabadi O, Muthuraj R, Jamhiri I, Rowshanghias A, Mehryar P. Preparation and performance evaluation of electrospun poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) composite scaffolds as a potential hard tissue engineering application. Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers. 2019 Jul;34(4-5):386-400.
• Naderi P, Zarei M, Karbasi S, Salehi H. Evaluation of the effects of keratin on physical, mechanical and biological properties of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) electrospun scaffold: Potential application in bone tissue engineering. European Polymer Journal. 2020 Feb 5;124:109502.
• Mirtaghavi A, Baldwin A, Tanideh N, Zarei M, Muthuraj R, Cao Y, Zhao G, Geng J, Jin H, Luo J. Crosslinked porous three-dimensional cellulose nanofibers-gelatine biocomposite scaffolds for tissue regeneration. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2020 Dec 1;164:1949-59.
• Nabavizadeh SS, Talaei-Khozani T, Zarei M, Zare S, Hosseinabadi OK, Tanideh N, Daneshi S. Attenuation of osteoarthritis progression through intra-articular injection of a combination of synovial membrane-derived MSCs (SMMSCs), platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and conditioned medium (secretome). Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 2022 Feb 17;17(1):102.
• Farshidfar N, Assar S, Amiri MA, Sahmeddini S, Hamedani S, Zarei M, Tayebi L. The feasible application of microfluidic tissue/organ-on-a-chip as an impersonator of oral tissues and organs: a direction for future research. Bio-Design and Manufacturing. 2023 Jul;6(4):478-506.