Education
Ph.D. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering)-March2022 to Jan 2025 (Expected)
Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS)-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Ph.D. Thesis Title: Development of wearable, biosensors for on-site, real-time biomarkers, pathogens, and biochemical detection.
Research Area: Wearable Electrochemical Devices, Sweat-Based Biomarker Detection
Supervisors: Dr. Sanket Goel and Dr. D. Sriram
M.Pharm (Quality Assurance) -Aug 2017 to Jul 2019
Government college of pharmacy Amravati, Amravati university
Project : Development & validation of RP-HPLC method on the anticancer drug in bulk & pharmaceutical dosage form
B. Pharm (Pharmaceutical Sciences) - Aug 2013 to May 2017
Manoharbhai Patel institute of bachelor of pharmacy Gondia, Nagpur university
Project: Development of radial arm maze apparatus used in the memory-enhancing activity
Prior Training & Research Experience
Worked as a Quality assurance trainee at Farbe Firma parenteral plant, Ankleshwar, Gujarat.
Worked as a Quality Executive at Medi Assists Pvt.LTD Pune, Maharashtra
Technical Skills
Biosensor fabrication
Electrochemical Detection
Biomarkers study
PCB fabrication
Data analysis
3D designing
Cell, bacteria culturing
Characterization techniques
Troubleshoot problems with medical devices.
Publications
- Electro microfluidic Device for Interference-Free Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Escherichia coli from Real Samples.
- Electrochemical Micro-scaled Biosensor for Non-invasive Detection of Lactate, IEEE Xplore, 2023. (Conference paper)
Patents
- Multiplexed biosensing device for detection of antibiotic- resistant bacteria, Sanket Goel and Sonal Fande, Indian Patent, filed, 202411015293, Mar-24
- A Flexible Microheater and A Process for Fabrication Thereof, Sanket Goel, Sonal Fande and Khairunnisa Amreen, Indian Patent, filed, 202411000357, Jan-24
- Device for Simultaneous Culturing and Detection of Microorganism, Sangam Srikanth, Sonal Fande, Khairunnisa Amreen, Satish Kumar Dubey, Arshad Javed and Sanket Goel, Indian Patent, filed, 202211058942, Oct-22
- A Process to fabricate the gold electrodes on a flexible and inflexible substrate, Sonal Fande, Sanket Goel, Satish Kumar Dubey, Narayan Rao , Indian Patent, filed, 202411030694, April 24
Contact
Sonal Fande
MEMS, Microfluidics & Nanoelectronics Lab
J-204, J-Block, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Hyderabad-500078, Telangana, India
Email: p20210452@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in
Mob. No: +91 7798047827