Abhishek Kumar Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the Albert Nerken School of Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He leads the interdisciplinary scholarship at the META lab. He is in the process of developing a modern take on the classic chemical engineering transport sequence. He is also developing original electives on phase transitions, molecular simulations, and various interdisciplinary themes spanning science, art, and humanities.

Abhishek received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from IIT Delhi in 2016 followed by a PhD in the same subject from Cornell University in 2021. For his graduate work, he received the 2020 Austin Hooey Award for Graduate Research Excellence. Before Cooper, he worked as a postdoctoral scholar at The University of Chicago's molecular engineering department.
Abhishek's research interests have varied over the years, having published peer-reviewed articles in the fields of biopharmaceuticals, molecular simulations, and metamaterials.

Abhishek has also devoted efforts to public and artistic expositions of science, having developed original science demonstrations, science podcasts, and theater at the intersection of science and art. In recent years he has found himself inclined to make art using technology as a medium, creating simulation renderings, photography, and video. His work won the 2022 FOMMS Movie Award,

In his free time, Abhishek enjoys hyperfixating on song lyrics, writing poetry, meditating over slow-cooking, collecting all sorts of patterns in clothing, and taking long aimless walks.