Akhilesh K. Gaharwar. Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born January 3, 1982, Nagpur, India) is an Indian academic and a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is known for his biomaterials engineering work that has resulted in the use of nanosilicate based materials for regenerative medicine.

Education and work
Gaharwar completed his postdoctoral training with Robert Langer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ali Khademhosseini at Harvard University. He received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University, Master in Technology (M.Tech.) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology.

Gaharwar's research experience spans diverse fields, including materials science, chemistry, biology, data science, genomics and bioengineering. His research program integrates biomaterials, regenerative medicine, drug delivery, and additive manufacturing for the development of functional living tissues. 

Gaharwar has published more than 150 journal articles, multiple-issued/pending patents, has an H-index of 74. In addition, he also edited biomedical textbook entitled "Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering: Fabrication and Applications". Gaharwar has published extensively in the area of biomaterials, bioprinting, tissue engineering, and stem cell bioengineering.

Gaharwar's research accomplishments are recognized by numerous national and international awards, including the NIH New Innovator Award (DP2), Texas A&M University President Impact Fellow, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Rising Star Award, Chemical communications Emerging Investigator, CMBE Young Innovator Award, and Dimitris Chorafas Foundation Award. Before the age of 40, Dr. Gaharwar was recognized as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), an honor reserved for the top 2% biomedical engineers in the world. He is also an election as a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). He is an Associate Editor of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, as well as on the editorial board member of Regenerative Biomaterials, Bioprinting, Advanced NanoBiomed Research, and Bio-Design and Manufacturing.

Awards
	2023 Fellow of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)(Oct 2023)
	2023 Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors (NAI)(March 2023)
	2022 Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)(March 2022)
	2021 Texas A&M University Presidential Impact Fellow (Nov 2021)
	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 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) by National Institute of Health (Oct 2017) 
	2011 Biomedical Engineering Society Graduate Award
	2011 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award - Silver

References

1982 births
Living people
Texas A&M University faculty
Purdue University College of Engineering alumni
IIT Bombay alumni
Indian bioengineers
Scientists from Nagpur
Indian emigrants to the United States
Bioengineers
Bioengineers
Scientists from Texas
American people of Indian descent
Indian scholars
Harvard University alumni
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Indian medical researchers
21st-century Indian engineers
NIH Director's New Innovator Award recipients
Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Fellows of the Biomedical Engineering Society