Shneel Malik
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2
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79
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About
Shneel Malik is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of biotechnology and architecture, whose work reimagines the built environment as a living, responsive system. Her primary research areas include large-scale bioprinting, algae-based living materials, and the development of sustainable architectural components. Malik’s most significant contribution is the development of a robotic extrusion technique for algae-laden hydrogels, enabling the creation of custom-printed, large-scale biocoated panels. This breakthrough, detailed in her highly cited 2019 paper (75 citations), demonstrates how microalgae can be immobilized within alginate-based hydrogels and robotically deposited layer by layer to form fibrous panels up to 1000 × 500 mm. Her work directly addresses the challenge of scaling bioprinting from laboratory benchtops to real-world architectural applications. By engineering the rheology of hydrogels with varying water percentages and polymers, Malik has created a method for producing living, photosynthetic building skins that could potentially absorb CO₂ and produce oxygen. Her research represents a paradigm shift in sustainable design, merging computational fabrication with synthetic biology to create adaptive, eco-responsive structures.
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- 1Robotic Extrusion of Algae‐Laden Hydrogels for Large‐Scale Applications75 citations · 2019
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