His research is mainly directed towards understanding structure-solubility relationships in glasses with emphasis on design of glasses with controlled dissolution behavior for their application in bone regeneration and tissue engineering. Author of more than 50 research articles and one patent (sold to a biomaterials company in Europe), Dr. Goel is a member of the Editorial board of Journal of Nanotechnology and Smart Materials. At Rutgers, his position is being co-funded by Corning and he is working in close collaboration with the glass research group at Corning Inc.