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
Data analysis
3D designing
Cell, bacteria culturing
Troubleshoot problems with medical devices.
Publications
- Sonal Fande, Sangam Srikanth, Jayapiriya U S, Khairunnisa Amreen, Satish Kumar Dubey, Arshad Javed and Sanket Goel, A Protocol to Execute a Lab-On-Chip Platform for Simultaneous Culture and Electrochemical Detection of Bacteria, STAR Protocols, vo. 4(2), #102327, 2023.
- Electromicrofluidic Device for Interference-Free Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Escherichia coli from Real Samples
Patent
- 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, Sohan Fande, Khairunnisa Amreen, Satish Kumar Dubey, Arshad Javed and Sanket Goel, Indian Patent, filed, 202211058942, Oct-22
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 +91 7798047827