Category: Our Team

The Sharma Lab banded together with the Allen Lab and the Murfee Lab to form Team Shallenee. Together, we dominated dodgeball, kickball, tug of war, egg on spoon race, three-legged race, and water balloon catch, but fell short in the sack race. Overall, Team Shallenee placed second, narrowly losing to the Otto Lab. We are […]

Congratulations to Nahis Cruz-Delgado for completion of the University of Florida’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) through the Department of Chemical Engineer, with the support of the National Science Foundation. Nahis is studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico and was one of fourteen students selected to participate in this program. Participants in […]

On July 28th 2022, Justin Wu presented his summer research completed as a part of the Student Science Training Program (SSTP). Justin joined the lab mid-June as a part of this 6-week research program for high school students. Over the summer, Justin investigated chemically engineered manganese dioxide nanoparticles in the treatment of osteoarthritis under PhD student Jessica […]

With the University of Florida allowing students to return to campus, our undergraduate students hit the ground running to complete their studies, resume their research, and graduate at the end of the Spring Term. While this was a time to celebrate being back together on campus, our undergraduate students had to stay vigilant and take […]

Tolulope Ajayi, a fourth year PhD student in the Sharma Lab, presented her work at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) World Congress in Berlin, Germany! OARSI is the premier international organization for scientists and health care professionals focused on the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis. At this conference, Tolu shared her research on the […]

This spring, Suzanne Lightsey, a second year PhD student, was awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The NSF GRFP strives to support outstanding graduate students in STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based doctoral degrees. The GRFP provides three years of support over a five-year fellowship period for the graduate education […]

This Spring, undergraduate researcher, Robert Ovalle Jr., was selected as a part of the 2022 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 […]

In December 2021, the Sharma lab celebrated the graduation of our second and third PhD graduates! On a beautiful Florida day, Dr. Sharma was able to hood both Dr. Temples and Dr. Kumar during the graduate ceremony hosted at the O’Connell center (we were excited for the return of in-person celebrations and graduations to commemorate […]

Shreedevi Kumar successfully defended her thesis, ‘Tissue-specific targeting of inflammatory pathways in osteoarthritis’, on November 3rd. Starting as a lab volunteer and then transitioning to her PhD, Shreedevi has made significant contributions on the research in the connections between inflammation and osteoarthritis in her tenure. While a part of the Sharma lab, Shreedevi was awarded […]

October 29th Madison Temples successfully defended her PhD, ‘Engineered three-dimensional tumor models to investigate natural killer cell migration and interactions with cancer cells’! This work is the culmination of the last five years of Madison’s work in lab. While in the Sharma Lab Madison earned several awards including an Attribute of the Gator Engineer and […]