海角社区

Harvinder Gill is a graduate advisor, associate professor and Whitacre Endowed Chair of Science and Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering within the Texas Tech University Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. He directs the Gil Lab where he and his colleagues perform fundamental and translational research in the fields of drug delivery, vaccines, immunotherapy, and nanomedicine to help address some of the pressing biomedical challenges facing human health. His research integrates the knowledge and tools from various disciplines including engineering, chemistry, biology, immunology, recombinant engineering, and micro-nano-technology. Gill currently works to discover innovative drug and vaccine delivery platforms aimed at maximizing stimulation of mucosal immunity in order to address the challenges related to influenza and HIV infectious diseases as well as developing a delivery system for localized delivery of cancer drugs directly into oral tumors. Dr. Gill also is working on developing a delivery method to eliminate peanut allergies through a grant from the NIH, working to transform pollen grain shells into vehicles for delivery of allergy vaccines, and using microneedles to eliminate the need for regular needles to deliver vaccines. Gill earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Panjab University in 1994 and his doctorate in bioengineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007.

Professional Preparation
鈥� B.S. Chemical Engineering, High Honors, University of Missouri 鈥� Rolla, December 1995
鈥� M.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2000
鈥� Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, May 2005

Employment
2018-present Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University
2014-2015 Martin Luther King Jr., Visiting Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013-2017 Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
2008- 2013 Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Yale University
2007-2008 Research Scientist, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan
2005-2007 Research Investigator, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan

Selected Academic and Professional Honors
Smith-Cotton High School Academic Hall of Fame (1 of 3 first inaugural inductees) 2013
Yale Junior Faculty Fellowship 2011-2012
PECASE - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2011)
Yale Arthur Greer Memorial Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication or Research 2011
NSF CAREER Award (2010) One of < 5% of recipients in their first year of eligibility
Dr. Theophilus Sorrell Fellow (National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers) 2003
Professional and Academic Memberships
Electrochemical Society (ECS)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Material Research Society (MRS)
National Soc. of Black Engineers (Yale Dean)
Resident Fellow Yale Trumbull College
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
(Secretary/Treasurer CRE Division)
Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
Yale Black Graduate Network (Faculty Advisor)
Eagle Scout (National Eagle Scout Association)