INDIAN SCIENTIST:Akhilesh K.gaharwar

Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born January 3, 1982, Nagpur, India) is an Indian academic and an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University.^[1] The goal of his lab is to understand the cell-nanomaterials interactions and to develop nanoengineered strategies for modulating stem cell behavior for repair and regeneration of damaged tissue.^[2][3]

Akhilesh K Gaharwar
Born	January 03, 1982 Nagpur, India
Residence	United States
Nationality	India
Alma mater	Purdue University,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Indian Institute of Technology,Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Known for	Hydrogels,nanotechnology,regenerative medicine,bioprinting.
Awards	NIH Director's New Innovator Award
Scientific career
Fields	Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science,Nanomaterials, Tissue Engineering,Bioprinting, Hydrogels
Institutions	Texas A&M University
Academic advisors	Robert S. Langer, Ali Khademhosseini
Website	http://people.tamu.edu/~gaharwar/

Education and workEdit

Gaharwar completed his postdoctoral training with Robert Langer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ali Khademhosseini atHarvard University.^{[citation needed]} He received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering fromPurdue University,^{[citation needed]} Master in Technology (M.Tech.) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay^{[citation needed]} and Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) fromVisvesvaraya National Institute of Technology.^{[citation needed]}

Gaharwar research experience spans diverse fields, including materials science, chemistry,biology, and engineering of polymericbiomaterials and nanocomposites. He is developing advanced biomimeticnanostructure for functional tissue engineering.^[4] His research program integrates nanomaterials and stem cells for the development of functional tissue engineering. He is leveraging principles frombiomedical engineering, materials science,bioprinting, microfabrication, chemistry, andstem cell biology in a unique way to address some of the daunting challenges in regenerative medicine.

Gaharwar has published 70 journal articles, two-issued/pending patents, one book chapter, and more than 50 conference presentations and have H-index of 32.^[5] He is the editor of biomedical textbook entitled "Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering: Fabrication and Applications".^[6] He is also an editorial board member of “Scientific Reports”.^[7] Gaharwar has published extensively in the area of nanomaterials, biomaterials, bioprinting, tissue engineering, and stem cell bioengineering.

AwardsEdit

• 2018 Rising Star Award by Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group of Biomedical Engineering Society (Jan 2018)
• 2018 Langmuir Early Career Authors in Fundamental Colloid and Interface Science (Jan 2018)
• 2017 NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) by National Institute of Health (Oct 2017)
• 2011 Biomedical Engineering SocietyGraduate Award^[8]

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