Full-Time Faculty
 
        Manika Arora
Assistant Professor 
SDB 617
(205) 934-1038 
 
        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 
 
        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 
 
        Marina Kaizer
Associate Professor 
SDB 617
(205) 934-1022Research Interests: Dental Materials, Esthetic Dentistry, Operative Dentistry, Tooth Preservation, Digital Dentistry
 Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network 
 
        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 
 
        Omar Alabd Mohamed
Assistant Professor 
SDB 106B
Research Interests: Dental Implants; Digital Dentistry and workflows, Dental Biomaterials
 
        Harold Nii-Aponsah
Assistant Professor 
SDB 106E
(205) 934-3265 Research Interests: Comprehensive general dentistry; cosmetic dentistry; restorative dentistry; community dentistry; dental education; public health dentistry/dental public health & community-based participatory research
 
        Augusto Antonio Robles
Associate 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