Tanmay Lele

Tanmay Lele
Academic background
EducationB. Eng, chemical engineer, Institute of Chemical Technology
PhD, chemical engineer, 2002, Purdue University College of Engineering
ThesisAn experimental and theoretical investigation into nonlinear phenomena during carbon monoxide oxidation on platinum(100) (2002)
Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Academic work
InstitutionsTexas A&M University
University of Florida College of Engineering
Websitelelelab.org

Tanmay Prakash Lele is an Indian-American chemical engineer. He is a Unocal Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. Lele’s areas of interest include cell mechanics, cell and tissue engineering, and quantitative cell biology.

Early life and education

While growing up in Bombay, Lele learned to play the tabla.[1] He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in chemical engineer at the Institute of Chemical Technology and his PhD in chemical engineer at Purdue University. Following his doctorate, Lele conducted postdoctoral research in vascular biology at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital.[2]

Career

Lele became an assistant professor in the University of Florida's (UFL) Department of Chemical Engineering in 2006.[3] In this role, he received a 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award.[4] During his tenure at UFL, Lele focused on mechanobiology and cell nucleus. His research demonstrated that proteins of the linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton transmit mechanical stresses to the nucleus and are often disrupted in diseases such as cancer.[2][5]

Lele was named a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor for a four year term from 2019 to 2022.[6] However, he left UFL in 2020 for Texas A&M University[7] and was named a Unocal Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering.[8] Lele was elected a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society in 2022[9] and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2024.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "An Evening of Hindustani Music". University of Florida. 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Unlocking the cells secrets". University of Florida. September 1, 2019. Archived from the original on April 10, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Tanmay Lele, PhD" (PDF). Rice University. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "School Alumni Receive NSF Career Grants". Purdue University. 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Lele Receives National Institute of Health Grant". University of Florida. March 11, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Tanmay Lele Named UFL Research Foundation Professor". University of Florida. April 12, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Prof. Tanmay Lele moving to Texas A&M". Purdue University. June 9, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ Reiley, Jennifer (December 11, 2020). "Lele named Unocal Professor in biomedical and chemical engineering departments". Texas A&M University. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Announcing the 2022 Award Winners and Class of Fellows". Biomedical Engineering Society. August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Tanmay Lele Inducted into the 2024 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows" (PDF). American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
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