Graduate Students

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Shonit Nair Sharma

Shonit is an MD/PhD student who joined the Karp Lab in January 2022, co-advised by Dr. Jeffrey Karp, Dr. Yuhan Lee, and Dr. Katharina Ribbeck. He is pursuing graduate school at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Department of Biological Engineering) and medical school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Carle Illinois College of Medicine). His PhD research focuses on designing innovative medical devices, biomaterials, and bioinspired strategies to improve oral drug delivery. Outside of the lab his hobbies include piano, soccer, and Rubik’s cubes.