Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek was born and raised in the capital city of New Delhi, India. He earned his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, where he worked on unit operations in biopharmaceutical processing. He then obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University where he performed simulations of faceted nanoparticles advised by Fernando Escobedo. He has also been a part of science communication and diversity efforts, including producing for Science Blender podcast (scienceblender.com). Outside of research he has broad interests in art and philosophy, and enjoys listening to music, exploring outdoors, and playing board games.