atomei@miami.edu
Diabetes Research Institute
1450 NW 10th Avenue, Room 2010
Miami, FL-33136
Office: 305-243-3469
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Miami
1251 Memorial Drive, McArthur Annex 208
Coral Gables, FL-33146
Office: 305-284-8194
Dr. Tomei is the Miami Engineering Career Development Associate Professor with tenure in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami, with secondary appointments in the Departments of Surgery, and Microbiology and Immunology.
She obtained her M.S. in Materials Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan (Italy) in 2004, and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Biotechnology from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) in 2008.
Dr. Tomei currently directs the Islet Immunoengineering Lab at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Applying her unique background in bioengineering and immunology, Dr. Tomei develops novel immunoengineering platforms to prevent rejection after islet transplantation and to promote antigen-specific immunomodulation for the treatment of type 1 diabetes.
Her research has received support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Semma Therapeutics, and Sernova Corp. Since 2015, she has authored 92 peer-reviewed abstracts, 12 manuscripts as corresponding author, and 7 as co-author; 2 conference proceedings, 1 commentary, 1 review, 2 book chapters, and 4 patents (H-index: 19; Citations: 2,576).
Dr. Tomei has mentored 5 postdocs, 30 undergraduate students, 11 Ph.D. students, and 19 M.S. students in the fields of immune and tissue engineering.
Dr. Tomei is a standing member of the NIH Biomaterials and Biointerfaces (BMBI) study section and of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) grant working groups. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the educational committee of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (IPITA) and as a Councilor of the Cell Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Society (CTRMS).
Dr. Tomei was awarded the JDRF Career Development Award in 2016, the Eliahu I. Jury Early Career Research Award in 2016, the Alexander Orr Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018, the Johnson A. Edosomwan Researcher of the Year Award in 2019, and the Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Award in 2020.
