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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Akhilesh K Gaharwar<br />
| image = Gaharwar.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|01|03}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nagpur]], [[India]]<br />
| residence = [[United States]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]<br />
| field = [[Biomedical Engineering]], [[Materials Science]], [[Nanomaterials]], [[Tissue Engineering]], [[Bioprinting]], [[Hydrogels]]<br />
| work_institution = [[Texas A&M University]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Purdue University]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[Harvard University]], [[Indian Institute of Technology]], [[Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology]]<br />
| known_for = [[Hydrogels]], [[nanotechnology]], [[regenerative medicine]], [[bioprinting]].<br />
| prizes = [[NIH Director's New Innovator Award]]<br />
| academic_advisors = [[Robert S. Langer]], [[Ali Khademhosseini]] <br />
| website = https://gaharwar.engr.tamu.edu/<br />
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'''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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gaharwar joins Biomedical Engineering|url=http://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2013/08/07/gaharwar-joins|access-date=2018-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611231708/http://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2013/08/07/gaharwar-joins|archive-date=2016-06-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas A&M University – People – Faculty – Gaharwar|url=http://engineering.tamu.edu/biomedical/people/gaharwar-akhilesh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gaharwar Lab- Inspired Nanomaterials and Tissue Engineering (iNanoTE) Laboratory|url=http://people.tamu.edu/~gaharwar/}}</ref><br />
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==Education and work==<br />
Gaharwar completed his postdoctoral training with [[Robert Langer]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] and [[Ali Khademhosseini]] at [[Harvard University]].{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} He received his PhD in [[Biomedical Engineering]] from [[Purdue University]],{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} Master in Technology (M.Tech.) from [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]]{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} and Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) from [[Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology]].{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}<br />
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Gaharwar's research experience spans diverse fields, including [[materials science]], [[chemistry]], [[biology]], and [[engineering]] of polymeric [[biomaterials]] and [[nanocomposites]]. He is developing advanced [[biomimetic]] [[nanostructure]] for functional [[tissue engineering]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gaharwar Lab- Inspired Nanomaterials and Tissue Engineering (iNanoTE) Laboratory|url=http://people.tamu.edu/~gaharwar/}}</ref> His research program integrates [[nanomaterials]] and [[stem cells]] for the development of functional tissue engineering. He is leveraging principles from [[biomedical engineering]], [[materials science]], [[bioprinting]], [[microfabrication]], [[chemistry]], and [[stem cell biology]] in a unique way to address some of the daunting challenges in regenerative medicine.<br />
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Gaharwar has published more than 70 journal articles, two-issued/pending patents, one book chapter, and more than 50 conference presentations and have H-index of 32.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Scholar|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=msdUBeUAAAAJ&hl=en}}</ref> He is the editor of biomedical textbook entitled "Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering: Fabrication and Applications".<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas A&M Prof. Akhilesh Gaharwar Co-edits New Biomedical Textbook|url=http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/09/24/texas-prof-akhilesh-gaharwar-co-edits-new-biomedical-textbook/}}</ref> He is also an editorial board member of “Scientific Reports”.<ref>{{cite web|title=Editorial Advisory Panel and Editorial Board – Nature|url=http://www.nature.com/srep/eap-ebm/index.html}}</ref> Gaharwar has published extensively in the area of nanomaterials, biomaterials, bioprinting, tissue engineering, and stem cell bioengineering.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 2018 Rising Star Award by Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group of Biomedical Engineering Society (Jan 2018)<br />
* 2018 Langmuir Early Career Authors in Fundamental Colloid and Interface Science (Jan 2018)<br />
* 2017 NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) by National Institute of Health (Oct 2017)<br />
* 2011 [[Biomedical Engineering Society]] Graduate Award<ref>{{cite web|title= Two Weldon Students Take Top National BMES Honors|url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME/AboutUs/News/2011/two-weldon-students-take-top-national-bmes-honors}}</ref><br />
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