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​​Director/Principal Investigator
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Sameer Sonkusale
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​Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

​Research/Areas of Interest
Bioelectronics, Biomedical microdevices, Wearables, Ingestibles, Biomedical circuits and systems, micro and nano fabrication, lab-on-chip microsystems, global health and precision medicine, CMOS image sensors for scientific imaging, analog to information converters, analog computing, brain inspired machine learning, active metamaterial devices, circuits, and systems, terahertz devices and circuits
Education
  • Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, 2003
  • M.S., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, 1999
  • B.E. (Honors), Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilāni, India, 1996

Research Faculty
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Atul Sharma
Research Assistant Professor
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Kawin Khachornsakkul
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interest
Biosensors, Electrochemical Sensors/ Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Sensors, Ion Selective Electrodes, Saliva Diagnostics, Point-of-care devices, Thread-based Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Wearable Biosensors, Biomimetic Elements, Plant sensor, Optical Sensors, Ingestible devices, Microneedle, Biomedical applications

​Education
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, BITS, Pilāni, 2018
M.Pharm., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, U.P.T.U. Lucknow, 2011
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Research Interest
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Bioanalytical and Chemical Sensing, Microfluidics, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Optical Sensing, Point-of-care (POC), Medical Diagnostics, Polymer Imprinting, and Separation and Chromatography ​
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​Danilo Martins Dos Santos
Research Associate
Research Interest
Polymer Science, Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Drug Delivery, Nano/Microfibers, Microneedles, Biomaterials, Plant-Based Materials, Edible Electronics, Chemical Sensors, Green Chemistry.

​Education
Ph.D., Universidade de São Paulo (USP)/São Carlos Institute of Chemistry (IQSC), Brazil, 2018.
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Guoqing Fu
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Natkrittaya Saengsawang
Postdoctoral Researcher
​Research Interest
CMOS Sensor, IC Design

​Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Tufts University, 2017
M.SC., Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 2012

B.SC., Electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2010 



Research Interest
Diagnostic sensor, Colorimetric sensor, Paper-based device

​Education
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2024
M.SC., Analytical Chemistry, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2020

B.SC., Chemistry, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2018 

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Yeter Sekertekin
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Surya Varchasvi Devaraj
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interest
Analog, Digital & Mixed-Signal IC Design, Biomedical Circuits & Systems, Sensor technology, Power electronic converters  

​Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2025.       
M.E., Applied Electronics, 2015.
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Kundan Saha
​Postdoctoral Researcher
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Aleksander Karajić
​Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interest
Nanofluidics, Energy Generation, Self-powered Sensors

​Education
Ph.d., Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, 2021. 
Research Interest
Wearable and POC electrochemical (bio)sensors.

​Education
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, 2015
M.Sc., Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 2012
B.Sc., Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 2011

​Graduate Researchers
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
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Wenxin Zeng
Ph.D. Student (ECE)
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Nafize Ishtiaque Hossain
Ph.D. Student (ECE)
Research Interest
Analog/Mix-Signal Design
CMOS Image Sensor
Wearable Devices

​Education
​M.S., Electrical Engineering, Tufts University, 2018
B.S., Electrical Engineering, East China Normal University, 2016

Research Interest
Wearable Biosensors for Agricultural and Healthcare Application
Embedded Systems and Signal Processing
Machine Learning


​Education
M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Tyler, 2022​
B.Sc., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), 2015


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Jihyun Kim
Ph.D. Student (ECE)
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Leah Berube ​
Ph.D. Student (ECE)
Research Interest
Ingestible devices
Flexible electronics


​Education
M.Sc., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 2023
B.Sc., Electronic Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 2021

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Research Interest
Wearable devices
Biosensors 

​Education
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, 2023.
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Syeda Fatima Fayruj
Ph.D. Student (ECE)
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​David Smirnov
Ph.D. Student (ECE)
Research Interest
Bioelectronics, Electrogenicity of Bacteria
Analog and Mixed Signal IC Design 
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​Education
​B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2023.
Research Interest
Time-mode computing
​Asynchronous analog to digital converters


​Education
M.S., Electrical Engineering (Integrated Circuits and VLSI), University of Michigan Ann-Arbor, 2020
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017

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Gustavo Alvarez
M.S. Student (ECE)
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Yutong Wu
Ph.D. Student (ECE)
Research Interest
Embedded Systems and RF Systems
IC Design
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​Education
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Tufts University,2024
Research Interest
Bioelectronics
Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design

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​Education
Sc.M., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brown University, 2024
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2022

Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)
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Hasika Suresh
Ph.D. Student (ChBE)
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Frank John Rybicki IV
Ph.D. Student (ChBE)
Research Interest
Microneedles, Drug delivery and sampling, Bacterial sensors, Biohybrid computation

​Education
B.E., Biotechnology, RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru, 2015
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Research Interest
Microfluidics, Point-of-care diagnostics, Analytical chemistry, Distance-based analytical devices

​Education
M.A., Teaching Bard College 2022
B.A.
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Chemistry Bard College 2021
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Zijian Zhong
Ph.D. Student (ChBE)
Research Interest
GI tract sampling devices
​GI tract sensing devices


​Education
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M.S., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2023
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2021



Biology
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Rachel E. Riccio
Ph.D. Student (Biology)
Research Interest
Stress mediator measurements, thread-based electrochemical sensors, wearable devices for physiological monitoring

​Education
B.S., Biological Sciences, DePaul University, 2016


Biomedical Engineering (BME)
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Jhothshana Ganesh 
M.S. Student (BME)
Research Interest
Medical Device Development, Physiological/ Bio-signal Analysis , Medical Image Analysis. ​

Visiting Researchers
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Eya Boughanmi
Visiting researcher
(Fulbright scholar)
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​Reshmi Azhiyakathu Sukumaran
Visiting researcher
Research Interest
Electrochemical biosensors
Bioelectronics

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​Education
M.S., Analytical chemistry, University of Tunis El Manar
Research Interest
MIP based electrochemical sensor


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​Education
M.Sc., Chemistry, Research scholar IIT Palakkad

Undergraduate Researcher
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Cooper Wallman
Undergraduate Researcher (ECE)
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Isaac Medina
Undergraduate Researcher (ECE)
Research Interest
Medical devices
Biocomputing
Bacterial electrogenicity
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Research Interest
PCB Design
Electronics
Embedded Systems Programming
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Safiyya Patanam
Undergraduate Researcher (BME)
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Arielle Feuer
​Undergraduate Researcher (BME)
Research Interest
Microneedles
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Research Interest
Microneedles, Wearables 
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Sarah Fuchs
Undergraduate Researcher (ECE)
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​We have several openings for undergraduate researchers in the lab.

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Research Interest
Wearable devices

Alumni​
  • Cihan Asci (PhD), Completed 2024
  • Darian Myers (MS), Completed 2023
  • Dr. Eli Curry (Postdoc), Microneedles, Completed 2022
  • Dr. Rachel Owyeung (Postdoc), Eutectogel devices circuits and systems, Completed 2023
  • Mossab Alsaedi (Researcher), Thread based sensors and drug delivery, Completed 2022
  • Dr. Ernesto Saiz Val (Visiting Postdoc), Soil sensors, Completed 2022
  • Riddha Das (PostDoc), Microneedles for drug delivery, and electrospun nanomaterials for wearables, Completed 2022
  • Rachel Owyeung (PhD), Reimagining wearable electronic devices with non-volatile gel electrolytes, Completed 2021
  • Aydin Sadeqi (PhD), Realization of novel biomedical and electromagnetic devices using additive manufacturing and laser micromachining, Completed 2021
  • Junfei Xia (Postdoc), Thread-based electrochemical sensors, Completed 2021
  • Hojatollah Rezaei Nejad (Research Assistant Professor), Microneedles and Lab on pills,  Completed 2020
  • Dilip Kumar Agarwal (Postdoc), Biosensors,  Completed  2020
  • Wei Wang (PhD), Unconventional sensors and low power circuits for readout and actuation for Internet of Things, Completed 2020 
  • Liam Crowley (MS), Time mode analog neural network, Completed 2020
  • Meera Punjiya (PhD), Towards CMOS integrated microsystems for single cell transfection and analysis, Completed April 2019.
  • Brian Wee (MS), Electrospun nanofiber mats etc., Completed May 2019
  • Trupti Terse-Thakoor (Postdoc), Chemical sensors and sweat sensing patch, Completed Mar 2019
  • Guoqing Fu (PhD), A CMOS luminescence sensor for intensity and lifetime dual sensing, Completed Jan 2018
  • Zimple Matharu (Postdoc), Electrochemical biosensors, Completed Jan 2018
  • Gita Kiaee (MS), A pH mediated electronic wound dressing for controlled drug delivery, Completed  Dec 2017
  • Virgilio Valente (Visiting Postdoc), Lab on CMOS, Completed Aug 2017
  • Robert D’Angelo (PhD), A time mode translinear principle and its application to analog hardware for pattern recognition and machine learning, Completed May 2017
  • Yu Chen (PhD), Low cost optoelectronic for gas monitoring in diverse environments, Completed June 2017
  • M. Arif Zeeshan (Postdoc), Lab on a pill, Completed 2017
  • Danbi Choi (Postdoc), Flexible organic transistors, Completed 2016
  • Chung Hee Moon (Postdoc), Transparent electrical and optical neural electrode array, Completed 2016
  • Saroj Rout (PhD), Active Metamaterials for Terahertz Communication and Imaging, Completed 2016
  • Pramod Singh (Postdoc), Terahertz Metamaterials and Microplasma Devices, Completed 2015
  • Yael Zilberman (Postdoc), Optical and Optoelectronic Sensor Array for Saliva Diagnostics, Completed 2016
  • Pooria Mostafalu (PhD), Nano-enabled Sensors, Electronics and Energy Source on Polymer, Paper and Thread Substrates, Completed August 2015 
  • Shideh Kabiri Ameri (PhD), Two and Three-dimensional Graphene Devices for Electronics, Sensing and Biotechnology, Completed June 2015 
  • Saber Bahranifard (MS), Modeling Asynchronous Delta-sigma modulators, Completed 2013
  • Kyoungchul Park (PhD), Lab-on-chip Platforms for Manipulation and Sensing of Biological Entities, Completed Sep 2015 
  • Sam MacNaughton (PhD), Programmable Integration of Heterogenous Nanomaterial Arrays Onto Arbitrary Substrates With Applications in Gas Sensing, Completed Sep 2013 
  • Wangren Xu (PhD), Metamaterials with Active Circuits, Completed April 2013 
  • Wes Uy (MS), A Chopper-buffered Mutually Compensated Mobility and Threshold CMOS Voltage Reference, Completed August 2013 
  • Nick Marcoux (MS), Large Signal Modeling of GaN HEMT Devices for Power Amplifiers, Completed  August 2012 
  • Brian Nugent (MS), A Radiation Hardened Mutually Compensated Mobility Threshold Voltage References Approach, Completed May 2012 
  • Jian Guo (PhD), Design and Implementation of a CMOS Digital Phase Imager for Time Resolved Luminescence Imaging Applications, Completed September 2011 
  • Michael G. Trakimas (PhD), Integrated Circuits and Systems for Sparse Signal Acquisition based on Asynchronous Sampling and Compressed Sensing, Completed March 2011 
  • Sungkil Hwang (PhD), Integrated CMOS Microsystems for Electrochemical Sensing, Completed August 2010 
  • Ritika Agarwal (MS), Asynchronous Analog to Digital Converters: Architectures and Circuits, Completed August 2010 
  • Ashwin Duggal (MS), Calibration of Delta-Sigma Data Converters for Synchronous Demodulation Sensing Applications, Completed August 2009
  • Vinay Agarwal (MS), Integrated CMOS Microsystems for Carbon Nanotubes based Sensing and Integrated Micro-Array for Multiplexed Analyte Detection using Electro-Chemiluminescence, August 2008
  • Robert Bishop (MS Project), Design of a 250 Msamples/sec 6-Bit Flash A/D Converter Implementing a Chopping Technique for Improved Resolution on AMI 0.5μm CMOS Process, August 2007
  • Zhenying Luo (MS), Implementation of a Wireless Implant Systemt Using a High Data Rate Low Power BPSK Demodulator, May 2007 
  • Milan Dapthary (MS Project), Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy on 0.18u CMOS Technology for Molecular Sensing and Detection, January 2006
  • Wing Siu (MS Project), Verilog-A Modeling on CMOS Camera on Chip, May 2007
  • Jon Chow (MS), A Multipass Temporal and Spatial Image Filtering APS CMOS Image Sensors with Pixel Level ADC, November 2006
  • Eric Evans (MS Project), A Physiological Monitoring System For Fast Response
  • Nikolas Stefanou (MS Thesis, Texas A&M),  A 1Gsample/S 6-bit Flash A/D Connverter with Combined Chopping and Averaging for Reduced Distortion in 0.18um CMOS, May 2005
  • Youngbok Kim (MS Thesis, Texas A&M), Front end Circuits for Chemical and Molecular Sensing, May 2005
  • Anuj Agarwal (MS Thesis, Texas A&M), Low Power Current Mode ADC for CMOS Sensor IC, May 2005
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