Vasanti Dhakate
vsd11@uakron.edu
Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineering
Biography
I graduated in May 2019 with a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology. Soon after I graduated, I started working in AVA inc. (CMO/CRO) as a Process engineer where I have focused primarily in Pharmacokinetics, Incident investigations using 21CFR parts 830,314,11; ISO 13485,14971 as well as in ANDA/NDA submissions for the FDA. I also have an experience in validation as well as stability studies for drug administration through PO, Sc routes. Apart from that I also worked as a Research Assistant wherein we studied the effects of plants extracts in inhibiting the biofilm formation in various bacteria ( EHEC, Listeria, etc.). I joined the Leipzig lab in the Spring of 2023 as a Chemical Engineering Graduate student. My research primarily focuses on studying the Spinal cord Injury in Rats. Outside of academics, I have an interest in wildlife conservation activities as well as in wildlife photography.
Education
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2017-2019, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
B. Tech in Chemical Engineering, 2013-2017, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India
Publications
Conferences
- Development of Polyacrylamide-Methacrylated Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels to model in vitro CNS Injury Responses. Society for Biomaterials, Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, OH. Poster Presentation