Awaneesh has done his PhD from IIT Gandhinagar, India where he was introduced to the amazing field of microbubbles. Following his passion he had joined University of Colorado Boulder as a postdoc researcher. During this journey he had worked on different aspects of contrast agents like microbubbles and nanodroplets which can be tuned with ultrasound to provide cost effective real time competitive image modalities and can be of therapeutic relevance.
Tiny gaseous bubbles have been proven a fascinating modality. With ultrasound they can perform tasks which can enhance the in-vivo imaging contrast manifolds. Their characteristics compressible properties make them a suitable agent which can further be controlled remotely making them more fascinating.
However, there still remains plenty of room at the bottom to explore for fully utilizing their potential. The basic structure of microbubbles/nanodroplets have two main components, the gaseous core and a shell to provide stable and biocompatible architecture.
Awaneesh is interested in understanding and optimizing the formulation to get a biocompatible and stable structure which can be used not only as contrast agent in general and as targeted molecular imaging modality but also as therapeutic agent which can be used to carry and deliver drugs. Another aspect of microbubbles/nanodroplets which he is interested and has been involved in their application as gas delivery agents, which might prove crucial during emergency situations or natural/human calamities.
Biomedical Image analysis
Therapy and drug delivery