Chinmay Sankhe

graduate student, Chemical Engineering

B. Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, 2018

css313[at]psu.edu

Honors and Awards

2nd place presentation award, PSU College of Engineering Research Symposium, 2023

Best poster at Materials Day, Materials Research Institute, Penn State, 2022

5th place in PPG elevator pitch competition, Materials Research Institute, Penn State, 2022

Leighton Riess Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, 2021

1st place in "Art in Science" presentation, Penn State College of Engineering Research Symposium, 2021

Best PhD qualifying examination, Penn State Department of Chemical Engineering, 2019

Publications

1. "Matrix stiffness regulates TGFβ1-induced αSMA expression via a G9a-LATS-YAP signaling cascade," *Sankhe, C.S.; *Sacco, J.L.; Crunkleton, V.; Díaz García, M.; Bierowski, M.; Rezende Soares, D.V.; Karnick, J.; Cecco, R.; Abbasi, A.; Kirigo, J.; Wood, T.K.; Gomez, E.W., FASEB BioAdvances, 2025. *Authors contributed equally to the work 

2. "Chemomechanical regulation of EZH2 localization controls epithelial-mesenchymal transition," Sacco, J.L.; Vaneman, Z.T.; Self, A.; Sumner, E.; Kibinda, S.; Sankhe, C.S.; Gomez, E.W., Journal of Cell Science, 2024, 137(22): jcs262190. *Highlight in Journal of Cell Science

3. "Breast cancer cells exhibit mesenchymal-epithelial plasticity following dynamic modulation of matrix stiffness," Sankhe, C.S.; Sacco, J.L.; Lawton, J.; Fair, R.; Rezende Soares, D.V.; Aldahdooh, M.K.R.; Gomez, E.D.; Gomez, E.W., Advanced Biology, 8(9): 2400087, 2024.

4. "Solution-processed graphene films for electrochemical monitoring of extracellular nitric oxide released by breast cancer cells," Butler, D.; Sankhe, C.S.; Khamsi, P.S.; Gomez, E.W.; Ebrahimi, A., 2D Materials, 2023, 11: 015021.    

5. "Biophysical regulation of TGFβ signaling in the tumor microenvironment," *Sankhe, C.S.; *Sacco, J.L.; Gomez, E.W. in: Wong, I.Y., Dawson, M.R. (eds) Engineering and Physical Approaches to Cancer. Current Cancer Research. Springer, Cham. 2023. *Authors contributed equally to the work 

6. "Crosstalk between ERK and MRTF-A signaling regulates TGFβ1-induced epithelial mesenchymal transition," *Nalluri, S.M.; *Sankhe, C.S.; O'Connor, J.W.; Blanchard, P.L.; Khouri, J.N.; Phan, S.H.; Virgi, G.; Gomez, E.W. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2022, 237 (5), 2503-2515. *Authors contributed equally to the work 

7. "User-friendly chemical patterning with digital light projection polymer brush photolithography," Fromel, M.; Crisci III, R.L.; Sankhe, C.S.; Hickey, D.R.; Tighe, T.B.; Gomez, E.W.; Pester, C. European Polymer Journal, 2021, 158, 110652.