Team Bio

Manuela Martins-Green

I am a Professor at the University of California, Riverside, and an expert on the biology of wound healing. From very early on in my career, I became committed to understand the normal processes of healing so that one day I could use that knowledge to cure wounds that are resistant to healing. The time is here and now. My students and I have published more than 90 scientific papers on various aspects of healing and related subjects. We have presented our work in many scientific meetings. Our work has been featured in both the Scientific and Popular Press multiple times. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) My research has been funded by the NIH, the American Heart Association and the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, as well as the medical industry. I have provided many reviews of proposals to these same funding organizations and others as well as reviews of scientific papers published in many of the world’s leading journals in Cell and Molecular Biology. My work is well-cited in the scientific literature. Learn more about my research here

I am a Professor at the University of California, Riverside, and an expert on the biology of wound healing. From very early on in my career, I became committed to understand the normal processes of healing so that one day I could use that knowledge to cure wounds that are resistant to healing. The time is here and now. My students and I have published more than 90 scientific papers on various aspects of healing and related subjects. We have presented our work in many scientific meetings. Our work has been featured in both the Scientific and Popular Press multiple times. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)



My research has been funded by the NIH, the American Heart Association and the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, as well as the medical industry. I have provided many reviews of proposals to these same funding organizations and others as well as reviews of scientific papers published in many of the world’s leading journals in Cell and Molecular Biology. My work is well-cited in the scientific literature. Learn more about my research here.

Sandeep Dhall

Sandeep Dhall graduated from Sri Ramaswamy Memorial (SRM) University with a Bachelors in Technology in Biotechnology. During his college studies he also performed research on the Azoospermia Factor micro deletions in Sperm and Blood of Infertile Men to determine whether the germ cell genome harbored similar to the micro deletions (same loci, frequency) in genomic DNA isolated from blood. His work was conducted at Laboratory for Molecular Reproduction and Genetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. After he graduated, he joined UC Riverside as a PhD student in the Department of Bioengineering and later advanced to candidacy working in the laboratory of Dr. Martins-Green in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience. As a continuation of his graduate thesis research, Sandeep will be conducting the experiments to identify critical genes to diagnose the state of chronic wounds.

Monika Garcia

Monika Garcia is a local graduate of Riverside Poly HIgh school. She is currently pursuing her BS in Biological Sciences and is an Undergraduate Research Assistant in Dr. Martins Green’s laboratory. She is currently an officer in both Golden Key Honor Society and Student Homeless Aid Relief Project and has completed her lower divisional honors. She has been working with Sandeep for the last 2 years and will continue to assist him with these experiments. This work will not only contribute to her education but will also be part of her UCR Honors Program thesis.