Category: Our Team

Sharma Lab at Biomaterials Day 2026 On March 10, the Sharma Lab attended a regional Biomaterials Day hosted at the University of Florida. Eight universities across Florida attended talks from both invited academic and industry speakers, as well as student speakers from many of the attending universities. Rylee Newport (Ph.D. Candidate – Biomedical Engineering) presented […]

Congratulations to Rylee Newport and Dr. Suzanne Lightsey on presenting at TERMIS-AM 2025! In November, 2025, Sharma Lab members Rylee Newport and Dr. Suzanne Lightsey presented their research at TERMIS-AM 2025 in Detroit, MI. The focus of the conference was “Next Generation Tools for Regenerative Medicine.” Rylee Newport presented a poster on her work, 3D […]

On October 9th, Touraj Amrabadi (Ph.D. Candidate – Chemical Engineering) presented his research on functionalized manganese dioxide nanoparticles as reactive oxygen species scavengers for targeting oxidative stress in osteoarthritis at NanoDay 2025. Great job, Touraj!

The Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Gordon Research Conference (GRC) was held the summer of 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. Suzanne Lightsey, a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. candidate in the Sharma Lab, presented a poster on her research on natural killer (NK) cell infiltration in solid tumor models. She and Dr. Sharma also had the opportunity to explore […]