The Zhao Lab participated in the 2025 TERMIS–AM Conference held in Detroit, Michigan.
Archita Sharma presented both a poster and a rapid-fire talk on her doctoral research titled “A Bioengineered Dermal-Inspired Interwoven Extracellular Matrix Wound Patch Recapitulating Nativity for Promoting Diabetic Wound Healing.”
Prof. Zhao served as the session chair for the Cardiac & Vascular Tissue Engineering track.
Alvis gave the oral presentation “Fibroblast-Generated Extracellular Matrix Guides Anastomosis during Wound Healing in an Engineered Lymphatic Skin Flap” and won 2nd place!
Dr. Zhao has been promoted to full professor for the second time. She first received this promotion in spring 2020 while she was a faculty member at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Zhao is very confident in her professorship after two rounds of extensive evaluation. Congratulations, Dr. Zhao!
Archita has successfully passed her PhD Proposal Defense entitled “Self-Reinforcing Dermal Specific Interwoven Extracellular Matrix for Chronic Wounds” and is now officially a PhD candidate! Congratulations.
Eric Wang, a senior in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, received the Craig C. Brown Outstanding Senior Engineer Award, the most prestigious award bestowed upon a graduating senior in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M.
The award recognizes a student who demonstrates outstanding academic and leadership achievements and whose character exceeds standards.
Archita Sharma’s review paper “Updates on Recent Clinical Assessment of Commercial Chronic Wound Care Products” has been published in Advanced Healthcare Materials. Archita Sharma, Dhavan Sharma, and Feng Zhao are co-authors in this article. Congratulations!
Alvis Chiu and Archita Sharma were each awarded a BME Graduate Student Scholarship for the fall 2023 semester from the department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M. Alvis and Archita each received a scholarship of $1,000 and a non-resident tuition waiver for fall 2023, spring 2024 and summer 2024. They were two of the numerous applicants for this competitive scholarship; congratulations on your award.
Dr. Zhao has been elected to the 2023 class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows for her significant contribution in addressing critical challenges in cardiovascular regeneration and skin wound healing, her service to the biomedical profession, and inspiring female and minority students to participate in STEM. Congratulations!
Dhavan successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation titled “Engineering Completely Biological and Highly Biomimetic Tissue Constructs for Regenerative Medicine Applications”. Congratulations!
Eric was awarded an Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) of $5,000. Congratulations!
