Currently, I am working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR. I am actively working on establishing a research track in bio-inspired wearables and Organ-on-chips. My goal is to converge the principles of microsystems fabrication with next-generation additive manufacturing techniques to develop advanced Organ-on-chips systems and wearable electronics for inexpensive accessible health care. In addition, I am jointly holding a position as a visiting Research fellow with the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Before joining as a Tenure tracker, I was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) for The Netherlands Organ-on-Chip Initiative (NOCI) which is an NWO Gravitation project funded by the Ministry of Education, culture and Science of the government of the Netherlands (link: https://noci-organ-on-chip.nl/). In my role, I have developed polymer MEMS-based 3D micro-electrode arrays to facilitate the in vitro study of electrophysiology of electrogenic cell cultures.

Previously, I have served as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer with the Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, University of Groningen where I was involved with a Dutch Research Council (NWO) funded project titled "SMART-AGENTS" (link: https://www.nwo.nl/projecten/18024). I have also taught an undergraduate course titled Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. I hold a PhD in MEMS/NEMS from the University of Groningen and an MEngSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Since 2014, I have been working in the field of Microsystems/Nanoengineering and exploring novel functional materials for MEMS, additive manufacturing, and biomedical sensors. The experiences I have gained from my past positions involving biomimetic engineering, computation, modelling, and nanofabrication have motivated me to further explore the field of advanced Nano/Micro-systems engineering and expand the existing knowledge base with my original research contributions. Starting with silicon-based microdevices during my MEng research, my interests slowly drifted towards developing inexpensive yet sophisticated polymer-nanomaterial composite-based micro/nanodevices for smart sensors and systems as I started realizing the challenges associated with traditional cleanroom fabrication methods and steps that can be taken to bring alternative solutions. Other than MEMS fabrication, a major focus of my PhD research has been to research and develop various inkjet and 3D-printable flexible and wearable organic piezoelectric, piezoresistive, and piezo-capacitive sensors for human motion and remote health care monitoring applications. To develop various sensors for healthcare monitoring and biomedical applications, I derive inspiration from nature and apply them to solving contemporary real-life problems. The illustration below pictorially represents my research encompassing piezoelectric, piezoresistive, and piezo-capacitive sensors for bioinspired sensing applications. The image shows how I combine biomimetics engineering with state-of-the-art micro/nano-fabrication techniques to create sophisticated sensors targeted for human physiological monitoring and flow sensing applications. 

• Organs-on-Chips; Brains-on-chips

• Biomimetics

• Flexible and printed electronics 

• Nanotechnology

• MEMS/NEMS

• Electrospinning

• Postdoc, Organ-on-chips and wearables (2022 -2024)

Delft University of Technology and The University of Groningen, The Netherlands 

• PhD, Micro / Nano-engineering (2018 - 2022)

      University of Groningen, The Netherlands

• MEngSc, Electrical Engineering (Microsystems) (2015 - 2017)

      The University of New South Wales, Sydney

      Grade: Distinction with 90% in the research component

• Assistant Professor, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi-NCR, India (September 2024 - Present)

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (January 2024 - August 2024)

• NWO Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (May 2022 - December 2023)

• PhD Researcher, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (May 2018 – April 2022) 

• Research Assistant (Professional Officer Level 6.1), UNSW, Sydney (November 2017 – April 2018) 

• MEMS Fabrication Engineer, Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney (July 2017 – August 2017) 

• Research Assistant (Casual Professional Staff Level 5.1), UNSW, Sydney (August 2017 – August 2017)

• Casual Academic Staff, UNSW, Sydney (March 2017 – August 2017)

• Research Assistant, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (December 2016 - February 2017) 

• Research Assistant, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology, Singapore (December 2016 - February 2017) 

• Research Assistant, CHeBA, UNSW, Sydney (October 2016 - November 2016) 

• Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (November 2015 - February 2016) 

• Intern, XESP, India (July 2014 - October 2014) 

• Summer Intern, RITES Ltd., India (June 2013 - July 2013)

• Summer Intern, Broadcasting Corporation of India (May 2013 - June 2013)