{"id":1963,"date":"2025-02-14T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:45:37","slug":"congratulations-to-dr-vikram-pareek-on-bels-professional-development-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/?p=1963","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Dr. Vikram Pareek on BELS Professional Development Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2025\/12\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1968\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:350px;height:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2025\/12\/image-5.png 600w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2025\/12\/image-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2025\/12\/image-5-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We are thrilled to congratulate Dr. Vikram Pareek, a postdoctoral researcher in the Champion Lab at the University of Notre Dame, on receiving a 2024 BELS Supplemental Professional Development Award! This competitive award from the Bioengineering &amp; Life Sciences (BELS) Initiative will fund his innovative project, <em>&#8220;Analysis of antibacterial activity of phage mimicking silver nanoparticles against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Pareek will be co-advised on this multidisciplinary project by Dr. Prakash Nallathamby, Associate Director of Research at the Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health (BIPH). 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