- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Director, Research, Biomedical Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow, Texas A&M University
- Tim and Amy Leach Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Faculty Member, Genetics and Genomics
- Faculty Member, Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-5540
- Email: gaharwar@tamu.edu
- Office: ETB 5024
- Website: Research Webpage
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University – 2011
Research Interests
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Areas of interest: Biomaterials, regenerative medicine, cancer bioengineering, bioprinting, drug delivery, nanoparticles, wound healing, hemostasis
The goal of Dr. Akhilesh K. Gaharwar's lab is to design responsive biomaterials with wide-ranging applications in regenerative medicine by combining principles from materials science, stem cell biology, additive biomanufacturing and high throughput genomics. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals. Gaharwar’s interdisciplinary research has also been recognized with over 20 major international awards.
Awards & Honors
- Director's New Innovator Award (DP2), National Institutes of Health
- 2019 Young Investigators Forum in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- 2019 ChemComm Emerging Investigators, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2019 Research Impact Award, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
- 2019 TEES Young Faculty Award, Texas A&M University
- 2013 Merit Award, Orthopedic SIG, Society For Biomaterials
- Editorial Board Member, “Scientific Reports – Nature” (Jan 2013)
- 2013 CMBE - BMES Rising Star/Fellows
- 2012 ACTA Student Award
- 2011 Materials Research Society Graduate Research Silver Award
- 2011 Biomedical Engineering Society Graduate Research Award
- 2010 Dimitris Chorafas Foundation Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation
- 2010 Society For Biomaterials STAR (Student Travel Achievement Recognition)
- 2005/06 Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), Fellowship (Germany)
- 2004 Ministry of Human Resource Development Scholarship” (India)