Aishwarya Menon earned her PhD in an interdisciplinary program within the Centre of Nanoscience and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. She is conducting is research with co-advisors, Dr. Julie Liu, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Dr. Jonathan Wilker, Professor of Chemistry, to develop a series of adhesives that will connect tissues surrounded by blood, and create surgical adhesives and sealants for bonding soft, as well as hard, tissues. Dr. Menon’s research interests lie in the field of polymer materials with various applications including adhesives, self-healing materials, and stimuli-responsive materials.