Mehdi Tavakol BEng MEng PhD

Dr. Mahdi Tavakol brings over a decade of experience in Molecular Dynamics simulation across various organic and inorganic systems. His main research interests span the use of advanced sampling methods, solid-liquid interfaces in biomedical engineering and molecular origins of Type-2 diabetes. Dr. Tavakol's scholarly trajectory culminated in his recent transition to the University of Oxford in 2024 where he assumes a pivotal role in the implementation of advanced sampling techniques in the context of tooth remineralization.

• Molecular Dynamics
• Advanced Sampling
• Solid-Liquid Interfaces
• Type-2 Diabetes

Tooth Remineralization - Advanced sampling techniques will be deployed to identify the tooth mineralisation root.

• Osteocalcin: Promoter or Inhibitor of Hydroxyapatite Growth?
  M Tavakol, J Liu, SE Hoff, C Zhu, H Heinz
  Langmuir 40 (3), 1747-1760
  
  
• Elucidating the role of diverse mineralisation paradigms on bone biomechanics–a coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation
  M Tavakol, TJ Vaughan
  Nanoscale 16 (6), 3173-3184
  
  
• Ions Adsorbed at Amorphous Solid/Solution Interfaces Form Wigner Crystal-like Structures
  J Wang, H Li, M Tavakol, A Serva, B Nener, G Parish, M Salanne, ...
  ACS nano 18 (1), 1181-1194
  
  
• Synthesis of Chiral Triazine Frameworks for Enantiodiscrimination
  F Beyranvand, A Khosravi, F Zabihi, M Nemati, MF Gholami, M Tavakol, ...
  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15 (48), 56213-56222
  
  
• A steered molecular dynamics investigation on the role of glycation on the energy dissipation capacity of osteopontin at mineral interfaces in bone
  M Tavakol, T Vaughan
  Biophysical Journal 122 (3), 348a
  
  
• A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils
  M Tavakol, TJ Vaughan
  Journal of the Royal Society Interface 20 (198), 20220803
  
  
• Competition of opsonins and dysopsonins on the nanoparticle surface
  M Tavakol, MJ Hajipour, M Ferdousi, S Zanganeh, L Maurizi
  Nanoscale 15 (43), 17342-17349
  
  
• The role of the osteocalcin-osteopontin protein complex in bone biomechanics: a key contributor to energy dissipation at mineral-mineral interfaces
  M Tavakol, T Vaughan
  Biophysical Journal 121 (3), 332a
  
  
• Energy dissipation of osteopontin at a HAp mineral interface: Implications for bone biomechanics
  M Tavakol, TJ Vaughan
  Biophysical Journal 121 (2), 228-236
  
  
• M Tavakol, TJ Vaughan
  Biophysical Journal 121 (2), 228-236
  M Tavakol, TJ Vaughan
  Scientific Reports 10 (1), 17321
  
  
• Mechanical properties of graphene oxide: The impact of functional groups
  M Tavakol, A Montazeri, SH Aboutalebi, R Asgari
  Applied Surface Science 525, 146554
  
  
• Disease-related metabolites affect protein–nanoparticle interactions
  M Tavakol, A Montazeri, R Naghdabadi, MJ Hajipour, S Zanganeh, ...
  Nanoscale 10 (15), 7108-7115