Full-Time Faculty
Omaima Alqahtani
Assistant Professor
SDB 106E
(205) 934-3265 Research Interests: Clinical Outcomes and Implementation Science; Prosthodontics
Ayoub Alzunaydi
Assistant Professor
SDB 106
(205) 934-4528 Research Interests: Digital prosthodontics and implant dentistry, with a focus on digital workflows, implant rehabilitation, and the application of artificial intelligence in dental diagnosis and treatment planning
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Diego Ardenghi
Associate Professor
SDB 536
(205) 934-1072Research Interests: Prosthodontics; Digital Dentistry; Dental Education
Faculty Profile
Christine Blass
Assistant Professor
RWUH B50
(205) 934-4178
Edward Bradford
Associate Professor
SDB 171
(205) 996-5326 Research Interests: Caries Control; Fluoridation; Operative Dentistry materials; Dental simulation teaching
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Rama Kiran Chavali
Associate Professor
SDB 604
(205) 934-9722 Research Interests: Dental Implants; Dental Biomaterials; HIV/AIDS in Dentistry; Prosthodontics
Po-Hsu Chen
Associate Professor
SDB 524D
(205) 975-0692Research Interests: Prosthodontics, maxillofacial prosthetics, dental materials, digital dentistry, public health dentistry.
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Elyse Dengler
Assistant Professor
SDB 506
(205) 934-1863
Daniel Diaz
Assistant Professor
SDB 106F
(205) 934-1022 Research Interests: Prosthodontics; Digital Dentistry; Adhesive Dentistry; Esthetic Dentistry
Chin-Chuan Fu
Professor
Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting Endowed Professorship in Comprehensive Dentistry
SDB 617
(205) 996-5110 Research Interests: Dental Implants; Dental Materials with special focus in dental ceramics and dental cements; Oral Microbiology; CAD/CAM dental prostheses; Dental education
Daniel Allen Givan
Professor
University of Alabama School of Dentistry Alumni Association Endowed Professorship
SDB 522B
(205) 934-9809 Research Interests: 3D Printing; CAD/CAM; CBCT; Dental Implants; Dental Materials; Digital Dentistry; Optical Impressions; Milling; Prosthodontics; Virtual Implant Planning
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Snigdha Gummadi
Assistant Professor
SDB 555C
(205) 934-5459 Research Interests: Dental materials; Adhesion/bonding; Composites; Minimally invasive dentistry; Ceramic onlays; 3D Printing; CAD/CAM; Dental Implants; Digital Dentistry
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Jeff Hill
Professor
SDB 510
(205) 934-3000
Yung-Tsung Hsu
Professor
SDB 534
(205) 975-2284 Research Interests: Outcomes of denture and partial denture treatments; Implant-retained overdenture; Hybrid denture; Dental materials; Ceramic Implants; Attachments
Emerson Martins
Assistant Professor
SDB 512
(205) 975-9742 Research Interests: Cariology & Preventive Dentistry - Minimally Invasive Dentistry; Biomaterials/Dental Materials for use in preventive/restorative dentistry; Biomedical engineering: corrosion, biocompatibility, assessment of the local cellular reactions following implantation of biomaterials, nanotechnologies used for surface modification; Hospital and Geriatric Dentistry; Problem based learning in dentistry; Clinical cariology and caries risk assessment; Research in Digital Dentistry
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Augusto Antonio Robles
Professor
SDB 510
Research Interests: Dental materials; Adhesion/bonding; Composites; Minimally invasive dentistry; Ceramic onlays
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Chad Taylor
Assistant Professor
SDB 506
(205) 975-2080Research Interests: Restorative Materials; Caries and Disease Prevention; Pharmacology Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Supisara Thamrongsak
Assistant Professor
106D
(715) 716-1410 Research Interests: Prosthodontics; Dental materials; Digital dentistry