He received his B.Sc. degree (2008) in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, and his M.Sc. (2010) and Ph.D. (2013) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Calgary, Canada. Prior to joining Queen’s in January 2017, his research contributions were primarily in the fields of Lab-on-Chip micro-devices, and disposable point-of-care biosensors utilizing cost-effective copolymer materials, electro-chemical methods and micro/nanotechnology fabrication techniques for detection of infectious pathogens in human specimens.