Taleb received his M.Sc. degree from Shahid Beheshti University, Iran in 2008 and his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Simon Fraser University, Canada in 2015. In his Ph.D. research under the supervision of Prof. Paul C. H. Li, he employed nanoparticle-DNA interactions to enhance the specificity of diagnostic assays. He joined University of Toronto at Mississauga as a postdoctoral fellow in 2015. His research under the supervision of Prof. Ulrich J. Krull focused on the development of nanomaterial-biomolecule constructs for diagnostic and theranostic applications.

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Taleb's current work at the Gunning group involves designing and conducting DMPK, Met-ID and protein ID studies using mass spectrometry to support drug discovery projects