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Daniel Tavakol

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Columbia University

Daniel Tavakol is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University. He holds a senior professorial role and specializes in tissue engineering, organ-on-a-chip platforms, and regenerative medicine. His research integrates biomedical modeling with cell biology to investigate haematopoiesis, radiation oncology, and disease mechanisms. His latest work includes developing human iPSC-derived macrophages to study cystic fibrosis, employing diffusion models to predict cellular development and perturbation responses (Nature Methods, 2025), and engineering nanocarrier-based oral formulations for mitigating hematopoietic acute radiation syndrome (Advanced Functional Materials, 2025). He has also pioneered organ-on-chip models of cosmic radiation effects and metastatic breast cancer colonization of the bone marrow niche (PNAS, 2024), alongside cardiac tissue models revealing lupus autoantibody contributions to myocardial injury (Nature Cardiovascular Research, 2024).

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Daniel Tavakol

Columbia University

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

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biomedical engineering tissue engineering cell biology regenerative medicine biological engineering radiation oncology haematopoiesis organ-on-a-chip biomedical modeling stem cells cell transplantation stem cell research vascular biology experimental medicine cardiology cell engineering computational biology advanced materials applied physiology cell research biomedical technologies matrix biology biofabrication advanced manufacturing technologies advanced functional materials bone marrow transplantation theoretical biology health technology angiology human tissues cell culture radiation biology cancer biology biological models engineering human vasculature biomedical circuits vascular surgery histopathology neovascularization lab-on-a-chip capillary network angiogenesis computational medicine single-cell analysis cell-matrix interactions cell interactions cell physiology biomaterial modeling mathematical biophysics gene function cutaneous biology gene regulation cellular biology space engineering space research space technology space environment radiation protection cardiovascular physiology cardiac muscle reperfusion injury vascular flow matured tissue niches multi-organ chip predictive studies anti-tumor drug efficacy cardiac safety human organ-on-a-chip model tissue regeneration cardiac tissue contractile force human tissue models engineering complexity cellular plasticity bone marrow niche protracted cosmic radiation

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Human Ipsc-Derived Macrophages for Studying Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in Cystic Fibrosis. (2026)

immune responsesphagocytescell biologycystic fibrosiscell death

Development of Nanocarrier‐Based Oral Pegfilgrastim Formulations for Mitigating Hematopoietic Acute Radiation Syndrome. Advanced Functional Materials (2025)

nanoparticlesradiation oncologynano-drug deliverybiomedical engineeringtherapeutic nanomaterialsnanomedicinenanoparticle researchcontrolled releasedrug delivery

SQUIDIFF: Predicting Cellular Development and Responses to Perturbations Using a Diffusion Model. Nature Methods (2025)

biophysicsdevelopmental biologymathematical biophysicsmorphogenesismathematical biologypattern formationbiological modelscomputational biologytheoretical biologydiffusion

An Engineered Human Cardiac Tissue Model Reveals Contributions of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Autoantibodies to Myocardial Injury. Nature Cardiovascular Research (2024)

Sharon FleischerTrevor R. NashManuel A. TamargoRoberta I. LockGabriela VenturiniMargaretha MorsinkPamela L. GraneyVanessa LiMorgan J. LambertiMartin LibermanYoungbin KimDaniel N. TavakolRichard Z. ZhuangJaron WhiteheadRichard A. FriedmanRajesh K. SoniJonathan G. SeidmanChristine E. SeidmanLaura Geraldino-PardillaRobert WinchesterGordana Vunjak-Novakovic

tissue engineeringinflammationcardiologyendocrinologyapplied physiologycardiovascular physiologymyocardial injuryimmunologypharmacologybiomedical engineeringreperfusion injurycardiovascular researchcardiovascular diseasebiomedical modelingcardiac muscle

An Engineered Model of Metastatic Colonization of Human Bone Marrow Reveals Breast Cancer Cell Remodeling of the Hematopoietic Niche. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)

Ilaria BaldassarriDaniel Naveed TavakolPamela L. GraneyAlan G. ChramiecHanina HibshooshGordana Vunjak-Novakovic

hematopoietic nichecancer biologymetastatic colonizationcell biologycancer cellsengineered modelbreast cancer

Human Vascular Organoids With a Mosaic Akt1 Mutation Recapitulate Proteus Syndrome. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Siyu HeYuefei ZhuShradha ChauhanDaniel Naveed TavakolJong Ha LeeRayna Batya-Leia BerrisCong XuJounghyun H. LeeCaleb LeeSarah CaiShannon McElroyGordana Vunjak-NovakovicRaju TomerElham AziziBin XuYeh-Hsing LaoKam W. Leong

human vascular organoidsgeneticsmorphogenesiscell biologyvascular biologymolecular biology

Lung‐Mimetic Hydrofoam Sealant to Treat Pulmonary Air Leak. Advanced Healthcare Materials (2024)

Meghan R. PinezichMohammad MirPamela L. GraneyDaniel Naveed TavakolJiawen ChenMaria R. HudockOlimpia GavaudanPanpan ChenSarah R. KaslowJonathan A. ReimerJulie Van HasselBrandon A. GuenthartJohn D. O'NeillMatthew BacchettaJinho KimGordana Vunjak‐Novakovic

pulmonary air leakadvanced materialsbiomedical engineeringmaterials sciencerespiratory medicinelung-mimetic hydrofoam sealanthealth technologyhealth sciences

Macrophages Enhance Contractile Force in Ipsc-Derived Human Engineered Cardiac Tissue. Cell Reports (2024)

Roberta I. LockPamela L. GraneyDaniel Naveed TavakolTrevor R. NashYoungbin KimEloy SanchezMargaretha MorsinkDerek NingConnie ChenSharon FleischerIlaria BaldassarriGordana Vunjak-Novakovic

cell biologycell-matrix interactionscontractile forcemammalian biologybiomechanicscardiac tissuecell culturecell physiologybiomedical engineeringcell engineeringtissue engineeringapplied physiologysingle-cell analysisimmunologycell researchcardiologycell interactionsregenerative medicinecellular physiology

Modeling the Effects of Protracted Cosmic Radiation in a Human Organ‐on‐Chip Platform. Advanced Science (2024)

Daniel Naveed TavakolTrevor R. NashYoungbin KimPamela L. GraneyMartin LibermanSharon FleischerRoberta I. LockAaron O'DonnellLeah AndrewsDerek NingKeith YeagerAndrew HarkenNaresh DeoliSally A. AmundsonGuy GartyKam W. LeongDavid J. BrennerGordana Vunjak‐Novakovic

biophysicsradiation biologyorgan-on-a-chipradiation oncologyprotracted cosmic radiationapplied physicscomputational biologyhuman organ-on-chip platform

Modeling the Effects of Protracted Cosmic Radiation in a Human Organ‐on‐Chip Platform (Adv. Sci. 42/2024). Advanced Science (2024)

organ-on-a-chiphuman organ-on-chip platformbiomedical engineeringradiation

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Daniel Tavakol

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Columbia University

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Columbia University

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Human Ipsc-Derived Macrophages for Studying Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in Cystic Fibrosis. (2026)

immune responsesphagocytescell biologycystic fibrosiscell death

Development of Nanocarrier‐Based Oral Pegfilgrastim Formulations for Mitigating Hematopoietic Acute Radiation Syndrome. Advanced Functional Materials (2025)

nanoparticlesradiation oncologynano-drug deliverybiomedical engineeringtherapeutic nanomaterialsnanomedicinenanoparticle researchcontrolled releasedrug delivery

SQUIDIFF: Predicting Cellular Development and Responses to Perturbations Using a Diffusion Model. Nature Methods (2025)

biophysicsdevelopmental biologymathematical biophysicsmorphogenesismathematical biologypattern formationbiological modelscomputational biologytheoretical biologydiffusion

An Engineered Human Cardiac Tissue Model Reveals Contributions of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Autoantibodies to Myocardial Injury. Nature Cardiovascular Research (2024)

An Engineered Model of Metastatic Colonization of Human Bone Marrow Reveals Breast Cancer Cell Remodeling of the Hematopoietic Niche. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)

Ilaria BaldassarriDaniel Naveed TavakolPamela L. GraneyAlan G. ChramiecHanina HibshooshGordana Vunjak-Novakovic

hematopoietic nichecancer biologymetastatic colonizationcell biologycancer cellsengineered modelbreast cancer

Human Vascular Organoids With a Mosaic Akt1 Mutation Recapitulate Proteus Syndrome. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

human vascular organoidsgeneticsmorphogenesiscell biologyvascular biologymolecular biology

Lung‐Mimetic Hydrofoam Sealant to Treat Pulmonary Air Leak. Advanced Healthcare Materials (2024)

pulmonary air leakadvanced materialsbiomedical engineeringmaterials sciencerespiratory medicinelung-mimetic hydrofoam sealanthealth technologyhealth sciences

Macrophages Enhance Contractile Force in Ipsc-Derived Human Engineered Cardiac Tissue. Cell Reports (2024)

Roberta I. LockPamela L. GraneyDaniel Naveed TavakolTrevor R. NashYoungbin KimEloy SanchezMargaretha MorsinkDerek NingConnie ChenSharon FleischerIlaria BaldassarriGordana Vunjak-Novakovic

Modeling the Effects of Protracted Cosmic Radiation in a Human Organ‐on‐Chip Platform. Advanced Science (2024)

biophysicsradiation biologyorgan-on-a-chipradiation oncologyprotracted cosmic radiationapplied physicscomputational biologyhuman organ-on-chip platform

Modeling the Effects of Protracted Cosmic Radiation in a Human Organ‐on‐Chip Platform (Adv. Sci. 42/2024). Advanced Science (2024)

organ-on-a-chiphuman organ-on-chip platformbiomedical engineeringradiation

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