Projects

Fiber-integrated sensing systems and nano-engineered interfaces for breath VOC profiling, point-of-care diagnostics, and environmental/agro-food monitoring.

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Breath VOC Lab-on-Fiber MOFs Plasmonics Microfluidics Soil nutrients Optical biosensing

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Breaking Frontiers for the Prediction of Wheeze Prognosis in Children through the Development of a Smart Fiber Optic Chemo-Sensor Platform for In-Home Breath Profiling, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – Postdoctoral Fellowship, Applicant and PI (Feb 2024 - on going)

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation CAU Kiel

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Lab-on-Fiber breath VOC profiling

2024–present · Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship · Kiel University

Goal: on-site breath analysis for personalized respiratory monitoring.
Novelty: fiber-integrated hybrid photonic–plasmonic platform with selective nano-interfaces.
Output: prototype workflow + validation roadmap (GC–MS correlation / clinical pathway).

#BreathVOC#LabOnFiber#Resonators#Selectivity

EU SOILMONITOR

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Microfluidic assays for soil nutrient monitoring

2024–2025 · EU project contribution · Bioinspired chemistry + microfluidics

Goal: precise detection of soil nutrients for sustainable agriculture.
Novelty: bioinspired chemical assays optimized for miniaturized formats.
Output: assay design + integration-ready protocols for field workflows.

#Microfluidics#SoilNutrients#Colorimetry#Sensing

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SERB IIT Madras

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Lossy-mode resonance (LMR) biosensor array platform

2019–2021 · National Postdoctoral Fellowship · IIT Madras

Fiber-optic biosensor array platform for food safety target(s).
Design + fabrication workflow (coatings, readout, validation plan).

#LMR#FiberSensors#Biosensing

PhD IIT Delhi

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Plasmonic + LMR fiber chemical/biosensors with ZnO

2014–2018 · Ph.D. research · IIT Delhi

Surface plasmon resonance + LMR transduction in fiber platforms.
Nano-structured ZnO interfaces for sensitivity and robustness.

#SPR#LMR#ZnO#FiberOptics

Methods Cross-cutting

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Nano-engineered interfaces: MOFs, AuNPs, bioinspired materials

Ongoing · Materials engineering for selectivity + stability

Selective uptake/interaction layers for gas and biomarker sensing.
Plasmonic enhancement strategies and scalable coating routes.

#MOFs#AuNPs#Bioinspired

Prototype Future

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Portable sensing pathway (miniaturization + integration)

Concept · Toward point-of-care / home-based systems

Hardware/software integration plan: compact optics, control electronics, data pipeline.
Clinical translation considerations (sampling, calibration, drift, usability).

#PointOfCare#IoT#SignalProcessing

Outputs
Prototypes · Methods · Publications

Strength
Fiber optics × materials × biosensing

Direction
Personalized breath profiling + sustainable sensing

Project details

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Lab-on-Fiber breath VOC profiling

Placeholder: Brief narrative on the sensing principle, target VOC classes, and the system-level approach (sampling → preconcentration/desorption → optical readout → analytics).

Key ideas

Hybrid photonic–plasmonic resonant platform for enhanced readout.
Nano-engineered selective layer design (e.g., MOF/AuNP hybrids) guided by VOC physicochemical properties.
Translation pathway: correlation with GC–MS + longitudinal profiling for prognosis.

SOILMONITOR: microfluidic assays for soil nutrient monitoring

Placeholder: Describe assay chemistry, interference handling, microfluidic integration constraints, and calibration/field workflow.

Key ideas

Assay designs optimized for miniaturization (low reagent volume, stable readout).
Field-ready protocol development for sustainable agriculture monitoring.

LMR biosensor array platform (SERB NPDF)

Placeholder: platform architecture, multiplexing logic, and validation targets.

Ph.D.: SPR/LMR fiber sensors with ZnO interfaces

Placeholder: transduction physics + materials engineering approach + representative outcomes.

Nano-engineered interfaces (MOFs, AuNPs, bioinspired materials)

Placeholder: selection principles (sorption, polarity, pore size), stability, and coating strategy.

Portable sensing pathway (miniaturization + integration)

Placeholder: system miniaturization, heater/desorption, embedded control, and analytics pipeline.

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