Shivani Sharma's Biography

Shivani Sharma, Associate Director, California NanoSystems Institute, California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA

Dr. Shivani Sharma holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and is Associate Director at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at University of California-Los Angeles, California, USA. Her expertise includes developing novel cell and tissue mechanics based biomarkers for cancer detection and chemosensitivity assays; high-resolution structural and mechanical mapping of exosomes, bio-molecules; and single molecule force spectroscopy for diagnostic and drug delivery applications. She leads the nanobiology R&D applications at the Nano & Pico Characterization Lab at CNSI.

She is a founding member of the International Society for Extracellular vesicles (ISEV), has chaired sessions as well as delivered invited talks at several International/National conferences related to exosomes and cancer diagnostics. She currently serves on the Editorial boards for Journal of Extracellular Vesicles and Journal of Circulating Biomarkers. Dr Sharma's work has featured in Chemical & Engineering News, Global Medical Discovery.com, Asia Research News and won the Physical Sciences Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award.