Kairav Maniar
PhD Precandidate
Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
kairav (at) umich (dot) edu
Hometown: Wallingford, CT
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Education: BS in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2021
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Research interests: I was first introduced to mechanobiology and tissue engineering during my undergraduate research, studying the effect of substrate stiffness on the activation of airway smooth muscle cells during asthma pathogenesis. During my gap years, I worked in both industry and academia, developing in vitro models of drug-induced liver disease, Crohn’s disease, hepatic insulin resistance, and endometriosis. Through this work, I grew a particular interest in leveraging biomaterials to study vasculature, which naturally drew me to the Baker Lab! My research in the lab focuses primarily on designing in vitro tools to study the role of angiogenesis and endothelial crosstalk in ovarian folliculogenesis.
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Outside interests:Outside of lab, you’ll find me running the B2B,
skiing or hiking the trails near Ann Arbor, playing my guitar, or grabbing my camera to explore the natural beauty of Michigan!
​Publications:
Ewart, L., Apostolou, A., Briggs, S. A., Carman, C. V., Chaff, J. T., Heng, A. R., Jadalannagari, S., Janardhanan, J., Jang, K.-J., Joshipura, S. R., Kadam, M.M., Kanellias, M., Kujala, V. J., Kulkarni, G., Le, C. Y., Lucchesi, C., Manatakis, D. V., Maniar, K. K., Quinn, M. E., Ravan, J. S., Rizos, A. C., Sauld, J. F. K., Sliz, J. D., Tien-Street, W., Ramos Trinidad, D., Velez, J., Wendell, M., Irrechukwu, O., Mahalingaiah, P. K., Ingber, D. E., Scannell, J. W., & Levner, D. (2022). Performance assessment and economic analysis of a human Liver-Chip for predictive toxicology. Communications Medicine, 2,154. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00209-1