Amol Yadav Receives a UNC-Chapel Hill 2025 Junior Faculty Development Award

Amol Yadav, assistant professor in the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, received a 2025 Junior Faculty Development Award from the Office of Faculty Affairs, a division of the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The award totals $10,000 and is supported by R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.  The award will support Amol’s work in developing a new spinal prosthesis to enhance sensory perception. Amol’s team will use advanced computer models of the spinal cord to guide the design of electrodes, refine stimulation optimization, and capture information in real-time experiments.