Dr Karan Gulati

UQ Amplify Senior Lecturer / Resear

School of Dentistry
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
k.gulati@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 58031

Overview

Dr Karan Gulati is a Research Group Leader and the Deputy Director of Research at the School of Dentistry, UQ. He is also the Deputy Director of Centre for Orofacial Regeneration, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (COR3) at UQ Dentistry.

Dr Gulati is a pioneer in electrochemically nano-engineered dental implants with over 13 years of extensive research experience using nano-engineering towards various bioactive and therapeutic applications. Dr Gulati completed his PhD from the University of Adelaide (Australia) in 2015 and was awarded the Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. His career has been supported by prestigious fellowships from NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia), JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan), Erasmus+ (Germany) and the University of Queensland. At 8 years post-PhD, Dr Gulati has edited 3 books, published 7 chapters and >72 publications (h-index 35), and presented >110 times in various reputed conferences.

Research Impacts

The trans-mucosal nature of dental implants presents a unique challenge from a biomaterial perspective, requiring rapid establishment and maintenance of osseointegration in the alveolar bone of varying quantity and quality and the formation of resilient, soft tissue integration. Key challenges in achieving long-term dental implant success include sub-optimal osseointegration, soft-tissue integration, immunomodulation and onset of bacterial infection.

Dental implant surfaces have been enhanced via mechanical, chemical, and biological modifications to manage the complex therapeutic requirements of the dental microenvironment. Among these, nanotubes (NTs) or nanopores (NPs) engineered on implant surfaces (Ti, Zr, NiTi, Ti64 alloys, dental/orthopaedic/craniofacial implants) using electrochemical anodisation present considerable therapeutic potential due to several favourable properties, including enhanced integration, tailorable drug loading/release and mechano-transduction.

Dr. Gulati’s research group GATORs (Group for Anodized Therapies for Osseointegration, Regeneration and Stimulation) focus on the developments and challenges associated with nano-engineered implants, focusing on generating tailorable devices that can address the unique challenges related to biomedical implants.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide

Publications

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Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • Guo, Tianqi, Scimeca, Jean-Claude, Ivanovski, Sašo, Verron, Elise and Gulati, Karan (2023). Cytotoxicity, corrosion and electrochemical stability of titanium dental implants. Surface modification of titanium dental implants. (pp. 219-253) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-21565-0_8

  • Guo, Tianqi, Ivanovski, Sašo and Gulati, Karan (2023). From micro to nano: surface modification for enhanced bioactivity of titanium dental implants. Surface modification of titanium dental implants. (pp. 117-151) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-21565-0_5

  • Jayasree, Anjana, Ivanovski, Sašo and Gulati, Karan (2023). Local therapy from nano-engineered titanium dental implants. Surface modification of titanium dental implants. (pp. 153-198) edited by Karan Gulati. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-21565-0_6

  • Chopra, Divya and Gulati, Karan (2023). Mechanical stability of anodized nano-engineered titanium dental implants. Surface modification of titanium dental implants. (pp. 199-218) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-21565-0_7

  • Gulati, Karan (2022). Supramolecular surface modifications of titanium implants. Supramolecular chemistry in corrosion and biofouling protection. (pp. 393-409) edited by Viswanathan S. Saji. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003169130-28

  • Gulati, Karan, Kogawa, Masakazu, Maher, Shaheer, Atkins, Gerald, Findlay, David and Losic, Dusan (2015). Titania nanotubes for local drug delivery from implant surfaces. Electrochemically engineered nanoporous materials: methods, properties and applications. (pp. 307-355) edited by Dusan Losic and Abel Santos. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-20346-1_10

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Conference Publication

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Completed Supervision