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MEHDI BALOOCH,
PhD
Adjunct Professor
Division of
Biomaterials and Bioengineering
UCSF Department
of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences
EDUCATION:
BS, Mechanical Engineering,
Tehran Polytechnic, Tehran, Iran
, 1967
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 1972
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology , 1974
EXPERIENCE:
1967-1970
Instructor of Physics, Arya Mehr University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
1974-1975 Postdoctoral Fellow, Nuclear Engineering, University
of California
1975-1978 Assoc. Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Arya
Mehr University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
1978-1986 Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
and University of California, Berkeley
1986-present Research Engineer, University of California,
Berkeley
1989-2002 Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
2002-present Adjunct Professor, Biomaterials and Bioengineering,
UCSF
HONORS : Academic medal from the King of Iran, 1967; Alborz Educational Foundation, Academic Prize, 1967
PUBLICATIONS: Recent from over 70 (see Pub Med / Web of Science )
Hamza AV, Balooch
M. The adsorption of C60 and the co-adsorption of C60 and H2O on Al2O3. Chem
Phys Letters 198:603, 1992
Hamza AV, Balooch M. The chemisorption of C60 ob Si(100)-(2x1). Chem Phys
Letters 201:202, 1993
Balooch M, Hamza AV. Observation of C60 cage opening on Si(111)-(7x7).
Appl Phys Letters 63:150, 1993.
Balooch M, Moalem M, Hamza AV, Siekhaus WJ, Olander DR. Surface mobilityof
C60 on SiO2. J Chem Phys 99:4855, 1993
Kinney JH, Balooch M, Marshall GW, Marshall SJ. Atomic Force Microscope
Study of Dimensional Changes in Dentine During Drying. Arch Oral Biol
38:1003-1007, 1993.
Marshall GW, Balooch M, Tench R, Kinney JH, Marshall SJ. Atomic Force Microscopy
of Acid Effects on Dentin. Dent Mater 9:265-268, 1993
Hamza AV, Balooch M, Tench RJ, Schildbach MA, Hawley RA, Fedder HW, Lee
H, McConaghy C. Patterning of C60 Films. Jo Vac Sci Technol B 11:763, 1993.
Allen MJ, Lee C, Leeiv JD, Pogany GC, Balooch M, Siekhaus WJ, Balhorn R.
Atomic force microscopy of mammalian sperm chromatin. Chromosoma 102:623,
1993.
Marshall GW, Balooch M, Tench RJ, Kinney JH, Marshall SJ. AFM of initial
demineralization of dentin. Abstr A-08, Transactions of 2nd International
Congress on Dentin Materials, Eds. T. Okabe, S. Takahashi. Academy of Dental
Materials, 268, 1993.
Kinney JH, Balooch M, Marshall GW, Marshall SJ, White JM. Temperature dependence
of the optical properties of dentin. Abstr B-26. Transactions of 2nd
International Congress on Dentin Materials, Eds. T. Okabe, S. Takahashi.
Academy of Dental Materials, 330, 1993.
Kinney JH, Balooch M, Marshall GW, Marshall SJ. AFM of drying-induced dimensional
changes in mineralized human dentin. IADR Abstr. 1732, Jo Dent Res
72 Spec Iss 320, 1993.
Marshall SJ, Marshall GW, Kinney JH, Balooch M. Dental restorative material-tooth
interfaces. Scripta Met 31:983-988, 1994.
Balooch M, Marshall GW, Marshall SJ, Kinney JH. AFM of Effects of
Conditioning Agents on Dentin. IADR Abstr. 2533, J Dent Res 73 Special Issue:418,
1994.
Marshall GW, Balooch M, Kinney JH, Marshall SJ. Atomic force microscopy
of conditioning agents on dentin. J Biomed Mater Res 29:1381-1387, 1995.
Kinney JH, Balooch M, Haupt DL, Marshall SJ, Marshall GW. Mineral
distribution and dimensional changes in human dentin during demineralization.
J Dent Res 74:1179-1184, 1995.
Kinney JH, Balooch M, Marshall SJ, Marshall GW, Weihs TP. Atomic force
microscope measurements of the hardness and elasticity of peritubular and
intertubular dentin. J Biomech Eng 118:133-135, 1996.
Kinney JH, Balooch M, Marshall SJ, Marshall GW, Weihs TP. Hardness and
Young's Modulus of Peritubular and Intertubular Dentine. Archs Oral
Biol 41:9-13, 1996.
Kinney JH, Haupt DL, White JM, Balooch M, Bell WL, Marshall SJ, Marshall
GW. The threshold effects of Nd and Ho:YAG laser-induced surface modification
on demineralization of dentin surfaces. J Dent Res 75:1388-1395, 1996.
Levinson J, Shaqfeh ESG, Balooch M and Hamza AJ, “Ion-Assisted Etching
and Profile Development of Silicon in Molecular Chlorine” J. Vac. Sci. Technol.
A 15, (1997)1902.
Marshall GW, Marshall SJ, Kinney JH, Balooch M. The Dentin Substrate:
Structure and Properties Related to Bonding. J Dent 25:441(1997).
Marshall GW Jr., Marshall SJ, Kinney JH and Balooch M. “The Dentin Substrate:
Structure and Properties Related to Bonding” J. Dentistry, 25 (1997)441.
Hamza AV and Balooch M, “ Angular Distribution of C60 and C70 Scattered
From SiO2, SiC and Si(100)” J. Phys. Chem. Solids 58 (1997)1973.
Marshall SJ, Balooch M, Breunig T, Kinney JH, Tomsia AP, Inai N, Watanabe
LG, Wu-Magidi IC, Marshall GW. Human Dentin and the Dentin-Resin Adhesive
Interface. Acta Mater 46 (1998) 2529.
Balooch M, Wu-Magidi IC, Lundkvist AS, Balazs A, Marshall SJ, Marshall
GW, Seikhaus WJ, Kinney JH. “Viscolelastic Properties of Demineralized Human
Dentin in Water with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)-Based Indentation”, J.
Biomed Mater Res. 40 (1998)539.
Kinney JH, Balooch M, Marshall GW and Marshall SJ, "A Micromechanics Model
of the Elastic Properties of Human Dentin” Archives of Oral Biology 44,
813(1999).
Kinney JH, Balooch M, Lane NE and Ryaby JT, :AFM study of the elastic properties
of individual lamellae in cortical and tubecular bone”, J. Bone Miner. Res.
14.314 Supp.(1999).
Dinh LN, McLean E, Schildbach MAand Balooch M, “Synthesis and characterization
of Si/ Cs/O nanocluster thin films with negative electron affinity”, Phys.
Rev. B 59, 15513(1999).
Dinh LN, McLean W II and Balooch M, “Pulse laser deposition of ZnO Nanocluster
films by Cu vapor laser” J. Applied Physics, 86,1149 (1999).
Dinh LN, Hayes S, Saw C, McLean W II, Reimer JA, Balooch M, “GaAs nanostructures
and films Deposited by a Cu-Vapor Laser”, APL, 75, 2208(1999).
Balooch M, Demos SG,
Marshall GW, Marshall SJ, "Dental Hard Tissue Interfaces: Optical Emission
Spectroscopy” J. Dental Research, 79, 303(2000).
Chien A, Balooch M, Felter T, "Nano Mechanical Properties of polymer composites:
Changes in elastic modulus and measurement of ion penetration depth due
to A-radiation”, J. Mater. Res. 15, 838 (2000).
Balooch M, Demos SG, Marshall GW, Marshall SJ and Gallagher RR, "Optical
spectroscopy study of transparent non-carious human dentin and dentin-enamel
junction”, SPIE Proceedings,3910 (2000).
Habelitz S, Balooch M, Marshall GW and Marshall SJ, “Friction coefficient
of dentin and enamel measured by nano-scratchin” J. Dent. Res. 79, 604(2000).
Levinston JA, Shaqfeh ESG, Balooch Mand Hamza AV,"Ion-assisted etching
and profile development of silicon in molecular and atomic chlorine”, J.
Vac. Sci. Technol, B, 172(2000).