Sadhana Sharma

Research Specialist

Phone: (614) 688-4636
E-mail: sharma@nsec.ohio-state.edu

Sadhana Sharma serves as a Research Specialist in the The NSF-sponsored Nanotechnology Science and Engineering Center for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymeric Biomedical Devices. Her research focuses on the use of micro-/nano- engineering approaches for biomedical applications. She is also an Associate Member of the Nanotech West staff, with responsibility for Biohybrid Laboratory operations.

Sadhana received her MS (Chemistry), M.Tech and Ph.D. (Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology) from the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, India. Her research work focused on both the fundamental and applied aspects of membrane filtration, immobilized metal affinity chromatography and affinity membrane filtration for bioseparations, especially for large scale applications. She received her second Ph.D. (Bioengineering) from University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 2002. Her research work at UIC focused on the development of nanostructured poly(ethylene glycol) thin films to control biofouling and enhance the biocompatibility of nanoporous silicon membranes for drug delivery and immunoisolation applications. These membranes were fabricated at Nanotech West (then called Ohio MicroMD). Between 2002-2005 at the Ohio State University, she worked with various generations of silicon-based nanoporous membranes and nanochannel delivery systems for cancer and cardiovascular applications. During 2005-2007 at UIC, her research focused on using microfabricated scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering.

Her current research work at OSU combines microfabrication and electrospinning nanofiber technology for stem cell bioengineering and cardiac tissue engineering. She has published over twenty-five research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and has one patent issued to her name.