“Articular Cartilage Lubrication Mechanics and Mechanobiology”
Education
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2025
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Research
Manav is a first year Ph.D. student studying lubrication mechanisms and mechanobiology of articular cartilage.
Conference Proceedings
Venkatanathan Kidambi, Yuji Tomizawa, Manav Surti, Mitchell Modarelli, Kazunori Hoshino
“Single-Cellular Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Of Live 3D Organoids Under Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy”, 2024 IEEE 37th International Conference on MEMS, Austin, TX, 21-25 Jan, IEEE Xplore – Outstanding Student Poster Award, doi: 10.1109/MEMS58180.2024.10439442
Publications
Yuji Tomizawa, Khadija Wali, Manav Surti, Yasir Suhail, . Kshitiz, Kazunori Hoshino, “Single‐Cell Quantification of Viscoelastic Phase Transitions in 3D Tissues,” Advanced Materials Technologies, Jan. 2025, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401302.
Posters
Manav Surti, Elizabeth Seidl, Joel Boerckel “Investigating YAP/TAZ Dynamics in Tendon Tensile Homeostasis: A Two-Pronged Approach”, 2024 BMES Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 23-26 Oct
Honors
GAANN Fellow, Cornell University, 2025
McNair Scholar, University of Connecticut, 2023
Personal
Manav grew up in South Windsor, Connecticut, and received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. During his undergraduate studies, Manav was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and worked on microscale stiffness testing and visualization of endometrial and breast cancer organoids. He also completed an NSF REU at the University of Pennsylvania where he worked to elucidate the effects of mechanosensitive transcription factors YAP and TAZ in models of acute tendinopathy. In his free time, Manav enjoys producing music, DJing, photography, and reading.
