Miniaturized Electrochemical Devices: Advanced Concepts, Fabrication, and Applications (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781032392714)

Dr. Sanket Goel is a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Dean, sponsored research and consultancy division at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus. He joined the institution in 2015, during his tenure, he headed the EEE Department at BITS-Pilani (2017-2020). Prior to this, he led the R&D department and was an Associate Professor at the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India (2011-2015).

Dr. Goel did his BSc (H- Physics) from the Ramjas College, Delhi University; MSc (Physics) from IIT Delhi; PhD (Electrical Engineering) from the University of Alberta, Canada on NSERC fellowship; and MBA in International Business from Amity University in 1998, 2000, 2006 and 2012 respectively. He has worked with two Indian national labs, Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar (2000-2001) and DEBEL-DRDO, Bangalore (2006). As an NIH fellow, Sanket did his postdoctoral work at the Stanford University, US (2006-2008), and worked as a Principal Investigator at A*STAR, Singapore (2008- 20011).

His current research interests are MEMS, Microfluidics, Nanotechnology, Materials and Devices for Energy, Biochemical and Biomedical Applications, Science Policy and Innovation & Entrepreneurship. As a Principal Investigator, Sanket has been implementing several funded projects (from DRDO, DST, ISRO, MNRE, Government of India; UNESCO; European Commission) and has been collaborating with various groups in India and abroad.

During the course of his career, Dr. Goel has won several awards, including Fulbright-Nehru fellowship (2015), DST Young Scientist Award (2013), American Electrochemical Society's Best students paper award (2005), University of Alberta PhD thesis award (2005) etc. As on October 2020, he has more than 180 publications and 11 patents (1 US and 9 Indian) to his credits. He has delivered 70 invited talks, guided/guiding 20 PhD, and several Masters and Bachelors students.

Dr. Goel is a Senior Member, IEEE; Life Member, Institute of Smart Systems and Structures; Life Member, Indian Society of Electrochemical Chemistry. Currently he is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Access, Applied Nanoscience, and guest editor of Special Issue in Sensors - "3D Printed Microfluidic Devices". He is also serving as a Visiting Associate Professor with UiT, The Arctic University of Norway.

Dr. Khairunnisa Amreen is working as a Young Scientist post doctorate for ICMR-DHR at Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus under the supervision of Prof. Sanket Goel. Before this she was a SERB-National Post doctorate fellow with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.

Prior to this, she worked as an Assistant Professor at dept. of PG chemistry, St. Ann's College for women, Hyd, India. Dr. Amreen graduated from Osmania University, Telangana, India and did her M.Sc. (Analytical Chemistry) from Vellore Institute of technology (VIT), Vellore, TN. India. She obtained her doctoral degree (Ph.D. in electrochemistry) from VIT, Vellore with specialization in electroanalytical sensing. Dr. Amreen has worked as a teaching cum research associate and as a CSIR-senior research fellow at VIT.

Her research interests are biosensing, electrochemical sensing, nanotechnology, microfluidic electrochemical sensing, 3D printed electrodes and material synthesis. During the course of her career she has been awarded fellowships and awards like Science and Engineering Board-National Post doctorate, CSIR-SRF, Research award from VIT in recognition for her contribution to research and publications in reputed journals, Indo-Asian Research Excellence award.

She has 50 research publications, 3 Indian patents, filed to her credit. She has also co-authored 12 book chapters for reputed publications like IEEE, Elsevier, IOP, science. She has presented paper in more than 15 international/national conferences. Dr. Amreen is a passionate speaker and has delivered several invited talks as a resource person. She believes in working for the benefit of the society through her research and presently working on fabricating devices for health management.