Paper-Based Diagnostic Devices for Infectious Diseases

Dr Nidhi Puranik is a faculty member within the Department of Biochemistry and Genetics at Barkatullah University in Bhopal, India. She has published over 30 articles and peer-reviewed journal articles pertaining to paper-based diagnostics. Her current research is focused on this technology with emphasis on early cancer diagnostics, with extensive in-field applications and instruction. She has been awarded the prestigious GATE, CSIR-NET, ICAR-NET, DRDO junior research fellowship, MPCST Young Scientist award, MPCST Young Scientist training fellowship and Young Investigator award. Dr Arpana Parihar is a DST Women Scientist B at CSIR-Advanced Materials and Research Institute, in Bhopal, India. She has over eight years of experience in the field of cancer therapeutics and fabrication technologies (Micro/Nano-fabrication) for bio-devices/bio-medical POCT devices for the early diagnosis of cancer and infectious disease. She has been awarded prestigious GATE, CSIR-NET, DST-WoS A, and WoS B fellowships. She has published over 45 articles and three edited books with Elsevier, and written 21 book chapters in a number of published referenced works. Dr Raju Khan, FRSC, is a Principal Scientist and Associate Professor at CSIR-AMPRI in Bhopal, India. He has more than 15 years of experience in electrochemistry exploring the electrochemical properties of nanostructures to design and develop efficient biosensor devices for healthcare monitoring. He has published 95 articles with high citation scores in several renowned scientific journals and has two patent files filled. He has shown workmanship by writing 35 book chapters with publishers such as Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, and IOP. He has shown proficiency by editing 20 books with various reputed publishers.