Category: News

After spending the last year completing the tenure process, Dr. Sharma officially received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in June 2020. The long tenure process requires a recommendation by the department, review by the Board of Trustees, and approval from the Dean. Congratulations to Dr. Sharma for reaching this milestone! The Sharma lab will […]

Amidst the work from home mandate, Tolu was able to give her qualifying exam presentation over Zoom in May 2020. Her presentation was titled “Application of Imaging Techniques and Animal Models to Advance Nanoparticle Technologies for Osteoarthritis.” Having just completed her 2nd year as a PhD student, Tolu has continued her research using the NIKI […]

Congratulations to Shree Kumar for receiving the 2020-2021 Tau Beta Pi Fellowship Award. Having been a part of Tau Beta Pi since 2017, Shree has enjoyed the opportunity to mentor junior engineering students. She has served as Vice President of Electees for four semesters and Vice President for two semesters. Tau Beta Pi is an […]

Jessica Hornyak, a long time member of the Sharma lab, successfully completed her bachelors degree and graduated in Spring 2020. During her time in the Sharma lab, Jessica worked with Dr. Shannon Brown on the further development of a Non-Invasive Knee Injury (NIKI) device. She assisted Dr. Brown in modifying the device to develop a […]

Undergraduate researcher, Tiffany Conklin was selected as a part of the 2020 University Scholars Program. This prestigious award is given to 200 undergraduate students across all disciplines at UF. Those selected are paired with faculty mentors to complete a research project throughout the year. Students who receive the award are expected to present at the […]

In January 2020, Dr. Sharma was recognized in the University of Florida Health Cancer Center Connection Member Newsletter. She spoke on the cross-section of cancer and osteoarthritis research currently being done in the Sharma Lab. You can check out her interview with the newsletter here: https://connection.cancer.ufl.edu/2019/12/02/member-highlight-dec-jan-19-20/

The Sharma Lab bids farewell to Shannon Brown (post-doctoral fellow)! Shannon will be working as the VP of Research at 42Bio (Alachua, Florida). This is a local biotech start-up that “develops novel and unique technologies that address existing barriers to research and clinical translation in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine”. Congratulations to Shannon and we […]

Congratulations to Shannon Brown, Sharma Lab’s very first PhD candidate, for graduating in the Summer 2019 commencement! Thank you for all of your hard work in the Sharma Lab! Shannon will continue as a post-doctoral fellow in the Sharma Lab as she explores her career options!

Congratulations to Dr. Shannon Brown! Shannon successfully defended her thesis on “Advancing Targeted Intra-Articular Drug Delivery Systems: Understanding and Controlling Nanoparticle Biodistribution within Osteoarthritic Joints”. Shannon is the first student to defend her thesis from our lab and she did a amazing job!

Congratulations to Khushboo Undavia and Lei Wang, Master’s students, and Olivia Liseth and Ryan Jungels, undergraduate students for graduating in the Spring 2019 commencement! Thank you for all of your hard work in the Sharma Lab!