Shamish Ganpule is a Principal Research Associate at TRI Princeton. His research focuses on the molecular and structural biology of hair, with an emphasis on keratin organization, lipid interactions, and factors that determine fiber strength, flexibility, and overall structural integrity. He is particularly interested in how environmental and chemical stresses alter these molecular systems and contribute to visible hair damage. He aims to develop advanced imaging and analytical methods to study these damages. His work focuses on transforming these insights into science-based strategies for hair protection and repair

Before joining TRI, Shamish led R&D at Delta Biosciences, where he developed high-throughput microfluidic screening platforms for drug discovery using DNA-encoded libraries. He is completing his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Vilnius University, with research spanning membrane biology, lipid rafts, and cellular signaling. His previous collaborations at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) involved studies on hypercholesterolemia and CRISPR-mediated modulation of PCSK9 expression. His international research experience across institutes in Germany, Spain, and Lithuania has shaped his multidisciplinary expertise at the interface of biochemistry, genetics, cellular/molecular biology and systems biology.