Abhay Pandit

Abhay Pandit’s (University of Galway) research focuses on utilising glycosylation patterns from human pathological disease states to develop innovative strategies for modulating these states using biomaterials. These biomaterials have a high payload capacity and programmable degradation profiles and incorporate gradients of physical, chemotropic, and protective cues, allowing for the sustained delivery of multiple biomolecules to target injury mechanisms at the molecular and cellular levels. Professor Pandit’s research emphasises the application of glycobiology in this field. He has published in esteemed journals, including Science Translational Medicine, PNAS, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Biomaterials, and other notable high-impact publications. He has been recognised with the prestigious George Winter Award 2022, the Chandra P Sharma Award 2023, and the Biomaterials Advances Innovation Award 2023 for his significant contributions to the field of biomaterials research. He is also a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Irish Academy of Engineering, Royal Irish Academy, and International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE). He has served on the council of European Society for Biomaterials and TERMIS. He previously served as the President of TERMIS-EU and is currently the President Elect of TERMIS (Global).

He has successfully coordinated seven European Union projects and has been actively involved in numerous other initiatives. In addition, he has engaged in collaborative discovery projects with industry partners. His contributions include holding several patents and licensing technologies to companies in the medical device sector. As a co-founder of the start-up Vornia Biomaterials, he has played a pivotal role in its establishment.

Furthermore, he provides advisory services to multiple research centers globally and has participated as a panel member for various funding agencies.

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