Sargol Okhovatian

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Sargol Okhovatian is a rising leader in the intersection of additive manufacturing, biomaterials, and laboratory automation. Her research focuses on developing advanced fabrication techniques for soft, biodegradable elastomers used in artificial organs and organs-on-a-chip (OoC) systems. In her highly cited 2023 work, Okhovatian demonstrated the first high-resolution additive manufacturing of poly(octamethylene maleate (anhydride) citrate) (POMaC) using a low-cost LCD 3D printer—a breakthrough that makes biocompatible, soft material printing accessible and scalable for tissue engineering. This work has garnered 29 citations, reflecting its immediate impact on the field. More recently, Okhovatian introduced RoboCulture, a robotics platform designed to automate complex, multi-step biological experiments with millimeter-scale precision, addressing critical bottlenecks in liquid handling and reducing human intervention. Though published in 2025, this innovative platform has already earned 4 citations, signaling growing interest in her vision for autonomous biofabrication. Okhovatian’s contributions are shaping the future of personalized medicine and high-throughput biological research, positioning her as a key innovator in both biomaterials engineering and lab automation.