Q&A with Ameya Chaudhari: Designing Innovative Meshes for Accelerated Diabetic Wound Healing

Ameya Chaudhari’s first scientific experiments while growing up involved creating soaps, shampoos, and creams with his grandfather, a pharmaceutics professor. Those playful lessons sparked his curiosity and led him to where he is today: pursuing his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

In the lab of Juliane Nguyen, PhD, Chaudhari is developing and testing innovative meshes that could accelerate organ repair and wound healing. These meshes are ultra flexible and bioadhesive, allowing them to mimic skin movement. They are also biodegradable and drug loadable, allowing controlled release of medicines to promote healing.

Chaudhari received a PhRMA Foundation 2025 Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Delivery for his research testing the effectiveness of these patches in treating diabetic wounds like foot ulcers. About 1.6 million Americans are affected by a diabetic foot ulcer each year due to complications like nerve damage, poor circulation, and high blood sugar levels, and these wounds can be slow to heal and prone to infection.

Watch this video to learn more about Chaudhari and his research.

This video features supplementary video materials from the article “Instantly adhesive and ultra-elastic patches for dynamic organ and wound repair” by Chansoria, P., Chaudhari, A., Etter, E.L. et al. in Nature Communications and licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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