Pranav Soman's Biography

Pranav Soman, Professor, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering; IPA Program Director, Advanced Manufacturing (AM), National Science Foundation (NSF), Syracuse University

Pranav Soman holds two positions, as a Professor at Syracuse University, and as an IPA Rotator Program Director of the Advanced Manufacturing (AM) program at the National Science Foundation (NSF). As an academician, Prof. Soman’s central research focus is to develop new processing and printing technologies to create reliable models to capture key aspects of in vivo physiology and pathophysiology. Toward this goal, his group has developed a technology toolbox to provide a manufacturing solution to advance research in bioprinting, microfluidics, organ-on-chip, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and single cell analysis. He is also the founder of 3D Microfluidics LLC (3DM), a startup funded by NSF SBIR grant to provide cost-effective microfluidics solutions to researchers in life sciences. As a recently appointed Program Director at NSF, Prof. Soman’s roles include the advocacy of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and education in advanced manufacturing and mentoring junior research members in the field.