Alumni Researchers

Alumni Researchers

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Charmi Chande

Researcher | charmi.chande@njit.edu

Education:

  • Ph.D Microbiology, Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India.
  • M.Sc. Microbiology, Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India.

Publications & Patents:

  • Charmi Chande, Ravindra Phadke, A Bisphenol-A based low cost photolithography method for fabricating lab on chip (LOC) devices, International Journal of Nanotechnology and Applications, Volume 11, Number 2 (2017), pp. 143-154.
  • Charmi Chande, Ravindrra Phadke, Cationic Polymerization of DGEBA (Diglycidyl Ether Of Bisphenol-A) Containing Negative Tone Photo Resist: Chemistry And Application. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 9 No.10 Oct 2017, pp. 928-934.
  • Charmi Chande, Jialan Cao, Thomas Henkel, Mark Kielpinskie, J.Michael Kohler, G.Alexander Gross, Parallel bacterial esterase assay in trapped 35 nl-droplets using emulsion transport, Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences(μTAS 2019), 27 - 31 October 2019 in Basel, Switzerland.
  • Charmi Chande, Dr. Ravindra Phadke, A pico-liter semi-automated screening method for morphological identification of microorganisms from environmental samples, 8th Workshop of Chemical and Biological Micro Laboratory Technology, February 23 - 25, 2016 in Ilmenau, Elgersburg (Thuringia, Germany).
  • Charmi Chande, Dr. Ravindra Phadke, Detection of soil microbiota by a label free semi-automated lab-on-chip device, Third International Conference on Nanotechnology for Biological and Biomedical Applications (Nano-Bio-Med 2015), At IIT Bombay, Mumbai, December 2015.
  • Charmi Chande, Dr. Ravindra Phadke, A pico-liter semi-automated screening method for morphological identification of microorganisms from environmental samples, Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip India, At Ramada Powai Hotel and Convention Centre Mumbai, January 2015.
  • Charmi Chande, Ravindra Phadke, Anushree Lokur, Epoxy Resin Coating Composition for use in microfluidics, Indian Patent Application No 3016/MUM/2014, Filed on September 20, 2014 and issued on March 29, 2019.

Awards & Scholarship:

  • NSF I-Corps Site program 2019: A Microfluidic Platform for Rapid Detection of Perfluorinated Pollutants.
  • NSF I-Corps National Program 2020: Detection of PFAS from water samples.

Yu-Hsuan Cheng

Researcher | yc576@njit.edu

Education

  • M.S. Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2018.
  • Ph.D. candidate. Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 01/2019-07/2023.

Publications

  • Yu-Hsuan Cheng and Jia Ming Chern (2013, November). Benzoic Acid Wastewater Treatment by Ozone based Advanced Oxidation Process. 2013 Joint of Japan Taiwan Korea Chemical Engineering Conference OB 5, Kumamoto.
  • Cheng, Y. H. (2019). Essence: A Shear-Enhanced, Flow-through, Nanoporous and Capacitive Electrode Technology with Non-Planar Interdigitated Micro-Electrodes. 236th ECS Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Zhenglong Li, Mahima Hariharan, Pedro Moura and Sagnik Basuray (2019). Highly sens detection of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) using the “ESSENCE” biosensor electrochemical platform. 45th Annual NEBEC, New Jersey, USA.
  • Yu-Hsuan Cheng (2019). Innovation Method to Test Bacteria Disinfection Property of III-V Semiconductor. (Unpublished master’s thesis). New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ.
  • Chatterjee, S., Fujimoto, M. S., Cheng, Y. H., Kargupta, R., Soltis, J. A., Motkuri, R. K., & Basuray, S. (2019). Improving the sensitivity of electrochemical sensors through a complementary luminescent mode: A new spectroelectrochemical approach. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 284, 663–674. doi:10.1016/j.snb.2018.10.093.
  • Cheng, Y., Moura, P. A., Zhenglong, L., Feng, L., Arokiam, S., Yang, J., . . . Basuray, S. (2019). Effect of electrode configuration on the sensitivity of nucleic acid detection in a non-planar, flow-through, porous interdigitated electrode. Biomicrofluidics, 13(6), 064118. doi:10.1063/1.5126452.
  • Cheng, Y. H., Barpaga, D., Soltis, J. A., Shutthanandan, V., Kargupta, R., Han, K. S., . . . Chatterjee, S. (2020). Metal–Organic Framework-Based Microfluidic Impedance Sensor Platform for Ultrasensitive Detection of Perfluorooctanesulfonate. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(9), 10503-10514. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b22445.
  • Li, Z., Cheng, Y.H., Feng, L., Felix, D., D., Neil1, J., Moura P., Rahman M., Yang, J., Azizighannad, A,. Mitra, S., & Basuray, S. (2019). Electrochemical Impedance Signature of a Non-planar, Interdigitated, Flow-through, Porous, Carbon-based Microelectrode.

  • Cheng, Yu-Hsuan, Roli Kargupta, Debjit Ghoshal, Zhenglong Li, Charmi Chande, Lixin Feng, Sayandev Chatterjee, Nikhil Koratkar, Radha Kishan Motkuri, and Sagnik Basuray. "ESSENCE–A rapid, shear-enhanced, flow-through, capacitive electrochemical platform for rapid detection of biomolecules." Biosensors and Bioelectronics 182 (2021): 113163.

  • Cheng, Yu-Hsuan, Charmi Chande, Li Zhenglong, Sreerag Kaaliveetil, and Sagnik Basuray. "Sensitive and Selective Determination of multiple Diagnostic Targets using a Modular, ASSURED POC Platform called ESSENCE." In 2022 IEEE Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies (HI-POCT), pp. 85-88. IEEE, 2022.

Li Zhenglong

Researcher | zl479@njit.edu

Education

  • M.S. Electronic Science and Technology, Nankai University, China, 2018.
  • PhD. candidate. Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 08/2018-05/2023.

Honors and Awards

  • Excellent Graduate Scholarship, 2017

Publications and patents

  • Li, Zhenglong, Niranjan Haridas, Sreerag Kaaliveetil, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Charmi Chande, Veronica Perez, Amir K. Miri, and Sagnik Basuray. "Low-Cost Rapid Prototyping for Microfluidics Using Parafilm®-based Microchannels For Low Resource Settings." Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (2023): 135212.
  • Li, Zhenglong, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Lixin Feng, Jacob Neil, Reis Moura Pedro Antonio, Maryom Rahman, Juliana Yang, Samar Azizighannad, Somenath Mitra, and Sagnik Basuray. “Communication—Electrochemical Impedance Signature of a Non-Planar, Interdigitated, Flow-Through, Porous, Carbon-Based Microelectrode.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 166, no. 16 (2019): B1669.
  • Cheng, Yu-Hsuan, Pedro Antonio Reis Moura, Li Zhenglong, Lixin Feng, Siril Arokiam, Juliana Yang, Mahima Hariharan, and Sagnik Basuray. “Effect of electrode configuration on the sensitivity of nucleic acid detection in a non-planar, flow-through, porous interdigitated electrode.” Biomicrofluidics 13, no. 6 (2019): 064118.
  • Li, Zhenglong, and Sagnik Basuray et al. “Electrochemical Characterization of Novel Non-planar Interdigitated Microelectrode Detection System” (In preparation)
  • Li, Zhenglong, and Sagnik Basuray et al. “Structural Optimization of Novel Non-planar Interdigitated Microelectrode Transducer for Highly Sensitive Detection via COMSOL Simulation” (In preparation)
  • Li, Zhenglong, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Charmi Chande, Sayandev Chatterjee, and Sagnik Basuray. "A highly sensitive, easy-and-rapidly-fabricable microfluidic electrochemical cell with an enhanced three-dimensional electric field." Analytica Chimica Acta 1232 (2022): 340488.
  • Li, Zhenglong, Maryom Rahman, Sreerag Kaaliveetil, Niranjan Haridas, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Charmi Chande, and Sagnik Basuray. "Critical Reviews on Recent States and Challenges in Spectroelectrochemistry with Applications to Microfluidic Systems." Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (2023): 101357.
  • Li, Zhenglong, Charmi Chande, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, and Sagnik Basuray. "Recent State and Challenges in Spectroelectrochemistry with Its Applications in Microfluidics." Micromachines 14, no. 3 (2023): 667.

Conference

  • Cheng, Yu Hsuan, Zhenglong Li, Juliana Yang, Pedro Moura, Hansin Kim, and Sagnik Basuray. “Essence: A Shear-Enhanced, Flow-through, Nanoporous and Capacitive Electrode Technology with Non-Planar Interdigitated Micro-Electrodes.” In 236th ECS Meeting (October 13-17, 2019). ECS, 2019.
  • Li, Zhenglong, Yu Hsuan Cheng, Hansin Kim, Pedro Moura, Juliana Yang, and Sagnik Basuray. “A Novel Non-Planar, Interdigitated Microelectrode Array with a Porous, Flow-through Working Electrode for Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Various Chem/Bio-Molecules.” In 236th ECS Meeting (October 13-17, 2019). ECS, 2019.