Droplet and Digital Microfluidics

Sanket Goel is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad. He previously headed the same department and R&D department at UPES, Dehradun. His lab focusses on MEMS, Microfluidics and Nanoelectronics for Energy and Bio Applications. Sanket has won awards including the JSPS Fellowship (2021), BITS Best Faculty Award (2021), and Fulbright fellowship (2015). He has >250 publications and 16 patents to his credits and has delivered >85 invited talks and has guided 40 PhD students. Sohan completed his Doctoral Degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus in the field of Bio-MEMS. During his doctoral program, Sohan worked on microfluidic cardiac cell culture systems and developing cardiac biomarker assessment systems. Prior to his doctoral program, Sohan completed an extra credit program with Hiroshima University. Sohan also holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus and a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Manipal University Jaipur. Sohan holds wide exposure to interdisciplinary technology development with his previous work in the fields of metal oxide nanostructure coatings, microfluidic water and soil assessment systems, PCR diagnostic devices and point-of-care diagnostics

1. Introduction
2. Droplet microfluidics
3. Digital microfluidics
4. Droplet microfluidics in chemical applications
5. Droplet-based microfluidics for biological applications
6. Digital microfluidics and applications in chip cooling
7. Droplet and digital microfluidicseenabled analytical techniques
8. Automation of digital/droplet microfluidic platforms
9. Challenges and opportunities