Malavika Nair is an Associate Professor in Biomaterials at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering. Malavika is a materials scientist by training, obtaining a BA, MSci in Natural Sciences (2012-2016) and a PhD (2016-2019) from the University of Cambridge. Malavika’s doctoral work was focused on the multiscale characterisation of ice, collagen, and ice-templated collagen scaffolds for tissue engineering.
This was followed by post-doctoral research in 2020 combining machine learning techniques with experimental biomaterials datasets, and the award of a research fellowship at Emmanuel College where Malavika began working on electroactive biomaterials for tissue regeneration.
In 2022, Malavika moved to the Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering to establish the SMART Biomaterials Team, focused on the development of novel biomaterials with the sensing, modulating, adaptive, regenerative and therapeutic functionalities. Since 2024, Malavika has also been the Chair of the UK Joint Biomedical Engineering Steering Group, (and IOM3 Biomedical Materials Membership Secretary) bringing together representatives of eight professional institutions with interests in biomedical engineering.
