Gaharwar, Akhilesh Professor

Dr. Akhilesh K. Gaharwar is the Tim and Amy Leach Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Presidential Impact Fellow at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University and completed his postdoctoral training from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University. The goal of his lab is to design new biomaterials for regenerative medicine and biomanufacturing. In particular, his lab is leveraging principles from materials science, cell biology, additive biomanufacturing, and high throughput genomics to design smart and responsive biomaterials, with wide-ranging applications in the field of bioengineering. His research program is supported by NIH, NSF, and DoD. Dr. Gaharwar has authored over 155 journal articles, accumulating more than 20,000 citations and an h-index of 74. His research accomplishments are recognized by numerous national and international awards, including the NIH New Innovator Award (DP2), Texas A&M University President Impact Fellow, Dean of Engineering Excellence Award, TEES Research Impact Award, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Rising Star Award, CMBE Young Innovator Award, and Dimitris Chorafas Foundation Award. Dr. Gaharwar is Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and senior member of National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He is an Associate Editor of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, while also being a board member for eight other top-tier scientific journals.