Postdoctoral Fellow

Pravesh Sharma

Pravesh Sharma, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Fellow in our laboratory with prior industry experience in DMPK, drug discovery, preclinical development, and in vivo disease models, complemented by his doctoral training in Physiology. His research focuses on emerging inhaled toxicants, including e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products (HTPs), and tire and road wear particles (TRWPs), and their cardiopulmonary effects, with an emphasis on lung–heart crosstalk. His work integrates innovative 3D cellular and tissue models with in vivo approaches to understand mechanisms of cardiopulmonary toxicity. He is currently supported by an American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. Outside the laboratory, he is an avid chess player and passionate cricket enthusiast.