Associate Professor

Suhanya Duraiswamy

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PhD: Ph.D, NUS Singapore

Research Interests: Microfluidics, Theranostics, Sensors, Microphotoreactors, Nanomaterial synthesis and assembly

Few 100 µm fluidic channels – microfluidics. Micro and millifluidic channels are typical PFRs. Multiphase flows with bubbles, drops, foams introduce flowing microreaction vessels

Research Overview

Controlled Microenvironments lead to fascinating phenomena that are not obvious in the macroworld we live in. Microfluidics provides us a window to this microworld, and analysis of such properties enable us to develop powerful tools that can, in the long run, be applied to Healthcare and Energy sectors.

Research Highlights

Particle synthesis and assembly

Multiphase micro flows enable automated, reproducible and robust synthesis and/or assembly of the particles due to the control of reagent contacting and their kinetics. Our focus is on plasmonic nanomaterials.

Pathogen isolation and recognition

Pathogen isolation from body fluids for disease diagnostics and personalized therapy using multiphase flows and pathogen specific protein bound nano-materials within few minutes of sample collection is the objective. The isolated pathogen-protein complex will be then processed using on-chip PCR/LAMP/AI-ML tools.

3D organoids for personalized therapy

3D in vitro tumor models such as spheroids and organoids with and without supports are being explored in this research focus. These will be directly extended to high-throughput combinatorial drug testing, delivery and therapy.

Microphotoreactors

We are currently working towards a platform technology which will later find applications in water treatment, waste to value added products, artificial photosynthesis and other solar-driven applications.

Associated Projects

Ongoing

3D-Printer(Project 6000) (Base amount for Industrial Research=600 per cc of Resin used)

Start Year: 2024

Sponsor: CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Ongoing

Microfluidics for antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Start Year: 2024

Sponsor: DBT

Ongoing

Urine Tract Infection And Antimicrobial Susceptibility- A Fight Against Superbugs

Start Year: 2023

Sponsor: SERB

Ongoing

Analysis on Projet 6000 SLA 3D Printer Equipment (No. of measurement - 15 Nos)

Start Year: 2023

Sponsor: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

Ongoing

Plasma bonder (Base amount for Industrial Research=200per sample used)

Start Year: 2023

Sponsor: CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Completed

Microfluidics enabled Programmable and Controllable Assembly of Plasmonic Nanomaterials-Development of a NanoBioSensor

Start Year: 2021

Sponsor: SERB

Completed

Microfluidic Chip to capture and Lyse Pathogen from Body fluids

Start Year: 2020

Sponsor: MHRD-STARS

Selected Publications

Safety management: Hazard identification and risk assessment at the workplace

S Agarwalla; S K Singh; M A Ibrahim; S Duraiswamy

Journal: Chemical Engineering Essentials (Book Chapter)Year: 2025DOI: 10.1002/9781394372379.ch11

Advanced design and 3D numerical simulation of traveling surface acoustic waves for healthcare applications

S Agarwalla; S K Singh; S Duraiswamy

Journal: Lecture Notes in Mechanical EngineeringYear: 2025DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-3445-3_14

Chipless millifluidics device for rapid fabrication of hepatic spheroids with decellularized liver matrix

S Ghosh; A Ghosh; F Pati; S Duraiswamy

Journal: ACS Biomaterials Science & EngineeringYear: 2025DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5c01058

A traveling surface acoustic wave-based micropiezoactuator: A tool for additive- and label-free cell lysis

Sushama Agarwalla; Sunil Kumar Singh; Suhanya Duraiswamy

Journal: BiomicrofluidicsYear: 2024DOI: 10.1063/5.0209663

Two-step fabrication of clear view SLA millifluidic device for long-term in-vitro cultures

Debasmita Saha; Rama Pandillapally; Vaibhav Dhyani; Kurre Sri Harsha; Sarpras Swain; Suhanya Duraiswamy; Lopamudra Giri

Journal: Rapid Prototyping JournalYear: 2024DOI: 10.1108/RPJ-02-2024-0071

Current commercial dPCR platforms: Technology and market review

Tan, L. L.; Loganathan, N.; Agarwalla, S.; Yang, C.; Yuan, W.; Zeng, J.; Wu, R.; Wang, W.; Duraiswamy, S.

Journal: Critical Reviews in BiotechnologyYear: 2023DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2022.2037503

Performance evaluation of HCOOH micro-fluidic fuel cell using Ni wire electrode

Mohiuddin, A.; Kaur, B.; Duraiswamy, S.; Deepa, M.; Janardhanan, V. M.

Journal: Journal of Electroanalytical ChemistryYear: 2023DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117245

Micro-piezo Actuator for Cell Lysis

Agarwalla, S.; Duraiswamy, S.

Journal: Mechanisms and Machine ScienceYear: 2023DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20353-4_25

Development of microfluidic cartridge for culture-free detection of Staphylococcus aureus in blood

Zhou, W.; Wu, R.; Duraiswamy, S.; Wang, W.; Zhu, L.; Wang, Z.

Journal: Journal of Micromechanics and MicroengineeringYear: 2021DOI: 10.1088/1361-6439/abf32f

Recent advances in heterogeneous micro-photoreactors for wastewater treatment application

Shukla, K.; Agarwalla, S.; Duraiswamy, S.; Gupta, R. K.

Journal: Chemical Engineering ScienceYear: 2021DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116511