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Matthew Rexroad, a Master’s student, was selected to be an HSF Scholar. The HSF selects 10,000 outstanding students as HSF scholars making this scholarship extremely competitive and prestigious. This is the second time Matthew has received this recognition, further validating all the hard work and effort Matthew has put into his education and research. Matthew’s […]

Tucked away in West Gainesville, the Sharma Lab traveled to University of Florida’s facility, TREEO, to host a lab retreat. Our lab retreats comprise of scientific sessions where each lab member gives a presentation. This year, the focus was on considering new techniques, technologies, or methods needed to answer the elusive questions in our work. […]

Earlier this summer, the Sharma Lab bid farewell to long-time lab member, Quincy Barton. Quincy will be working as a Research and Development Scientist at AstraZeneca. Congratulations to Quincy and we wish him the very best as he moves onto this exciting phase of his career!

This past year, Suzanne was elected Vice President of Education Outreach in Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. Suzanne organized and led 10 free STEM-based experimental activities. These events were designed to complement the education received in Alachua County public schools for local K-12 students. Each activity had at least 35 kids signed up […]

The Sharma Lab closed out the academic year with dinner at Dr. Sharma’s house where we laughed over funny memories and admired the many accomplishments achieved over the last year. Although we are sad to see such familiar faces go at the end of the year, we are excited about the future endeavors that await […]

The Society For Biomaterials (SFB) hosted their 2023 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, themed “Rising the Translational Waves to the Future,” on April 19th-22nd. The meeting focused on breakthroughs in biomaterial science, translation of research to clinical application, next-generation medical devices, standards development, regulatory issues, and commercial realities. Suzanne, a third year PhD student, […]

On April 12th, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at UF hosted Undergraduate Research Day. Undergraduate Research Day is designed to showcase the quality of student research projects conducted during the academic year, as well as inspire classmates in biomedical engineer programs to pursue their research. Out of the thirty-two undergraduate poster […]

In March, Jessica was invited to speak as a FAB at the annual Silicon Valley Meetup hosted by the University Innovation Fellows at Stanford University. The University Innovation Fellows program seeks to empower students and faculty to become leaders of change in higher education. Jessica became a fellow in 2018 and has since participated in […]

A HUGE congratulations to Jillian for earning an engineering co-op position at Edwards Lifesciences in Irvine, California. Jillian will be joining a team led by Austin Griewe where she will continue the development of cutting-edge solutions for individuals battling cardiovascular disease. Although we are sad to lose Jillian this fall, we are excited to see […]

On Friday, March 24th, Jessica Aldrich, a fourth year PhD student, disseminated her research at the 12th Annual UF Biomaterials Day. The theme of this year’s Biomaterials Day was “Differentiating Scientists.” Jessica’s work titled “Cellular Uptake and Retention of an ROS Scavenging Biomaterial as a Chondroprotective Therapy for Osteoarthritis“ was one of twelve students selected […]