Dr. Kuldeep Mahato is a senior Post-Doctoral fellow at the Department of Chemical and Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, USA. He earned his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. Dr. Mahato’s research bridges bioengineering, bioelectronics, biotechnology, biomedical devices, and material sciences through his multidisciplinary approach. Currently, his research focus is on the development of hybrid multimodal bioelectronics devices aimed at comprehensive health monitoring. His work has led to the innovation of several devices for biomedical diagnosis and onsite quality controls for food. Dr. Mahato is an active member of several prestigious organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. His expertise is further recognized through his role as a reviewer for top-tier journals in the domains of biosensors, bioelectronics, and analytical chemistry. With over 60 publications to his name, including research papers, review articles, invited book chapters, and an edited book on miniaturized biosensor development, Dr. Mahato has significantly contributed to scientific literature. His research has earned him the prestigious Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award. Additionally, he serves as a guest editor for several renowned journals in the domain of sensors, biosensors, bioelectronics, etc. Notably, Dr. Mahato has also been honored by being listed among the top 2% of scientists by Stanford University, USA.Prof. Pranjal Chandra is an Associate Professor at the School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India. He earned his Ph.D. from Pusan National University, South Korea, and did post-doctoral training at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. His research focus is highly interdisciplinary, spanning a wide range in biotechnology, nanobiosensors, material engineering, and biomedical devices. He has designed several commercially viable biosensing prototypes that can be operated for onsite analysis in the arena of biomedical diagnostics and environmental monitoring. He is an associate editor / editorial board member for various international journals including Scientific Reports, Microchemical Journal, Green Analytical Chemistry, etc. He has been appointed as an Advisor for the Biomedical Sensors Domain and Sensor Networks Systems at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), London. He is also a member of the International Centre for Sensor Science and Engineering, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Dr. Chandra has authored more than 175 publications including research/review papers and invited book chapters. He is an accomplished inventor of 14 patents and has also co-edited 14 books on various aspects of biosensors / medical diagnostics / material engineering. He has guided 5 PhD students and currently, he is supervising 13 graduate students (PhD and MTech) and a Post Doctoral Fellow. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards and coveted honors such as: Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society; Shakuntala Amirchand Award by Indian Council of Medical Research; FSSAI: Eat Right Award; Prof. B K Bacchawat Young Scientist Award Medal from National Academy of Sciences, Member of INYAS_INSA, DST Ramanujan fellowship; Early Career Research Award; BK -21 and NRF fellowship, South Korea; Technion Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Israel; Young Scientist Award of Biotech Research Society India; Young Engineers Award; Dr. Chandra is also listed among the world’s top 2% scientists from last 4 years by Stanford University, USA.
