Experience and Education

Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, January 2019
Postdoctoral Associate, The University of Chicago, 2014-2018
Postdoctoral Associate, Harvard, 2012-2014
PhD, Materials Science, ETH Zurich, 2012
BS and MS, Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2003

Research

Dr. Sadati’s lab focuses on understanding the structure, dynamics, and self-assembly of anisotropic soft materials to design and fabricate sustainable architected materials across nano- to macro-scales. By leveraging 3D printing and microfluidics, these materials are engineered with advanced, programmable properties for applications in energy, photonics, protective systems, and bioengineering.

Selected Publications

• Norouzi, Y. R. Morales-Flores, T. Emersic, J. Money, O. E. Rodriguez-Lopez, A. Casale, J. J. de Pablo, J. A. Martinez-Gonzalez, M. Sadati, “3D Nano-architected Polymer Shell Enables Reconfigurable Stabilized Blue Phase Soft Crystals”, Advanced Functional Material, 2424655 (2025).
• George, N. Taheri‐Qazvini, P. Olmsted, M. Sadati, “Processing Parameter-Performance Nexus in 3D Printing of Nanostructured Chiral Photonics”, Small, 2407658 (2025).
• Esmaeili, E. Akbari, K. George, G. Rezvan, N. Taheri‐Qazvini, M. Sadati, “Engineering Nano/Microscale Chiral Self-Assembly in 3D Printed Constructs”, Nano-Micro Letters, 16, 54 (2024).
• Nikfarjam, P.T. Coman, C. Free, P. Ziehl, M. Sadati, R. White, “Advancing Ionic Conductivity in Solid Electrolytes: Insights from Polymerization-induced Phase Separation and Microstructural Optimization,” Journal of Energy Storage, 93, 112287 (2024).
• George, M. Esmaeili, J. Wang, N. Taheri‐Qazvini, A. Abbasbourrad, M. Sadati, “3D Printing of Responsive Chiral Photonic Nanostructures”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 120, e2220032120 (2023).
• Norouzi, A. Tavera-Vazquez, J. Ramirez-de Arellano, D. Kim, T. Lopez-Leon, J. J. de Pablo, J. A. Martinez Gonzalez, M. Sadati, “Elastic Instability of Cubic Blue Phase Nano Crystals in Curved Shells”, ACS Nano, 16, 15894-15906 (2022).

Honors and Awards

• Swiss National Science Foundation Prospective Researchers Award, 2012
• Swiss National Science Foundation Advanced Postdoc. Mobility Award, 2013