Research/Areas of Interest
Biosensors, Electrochemical Sensors/ Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Sensors, Ion Selective Electrodes, Saliva Diagnostics, Point-of-care devices, Thread-based Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Wearable Biosensors, Biomimetic Elements, Plant sensor, Optical Sensors, Ingestible devices, Microneedle, Biomedical applications
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, IND, 2018
- Master in Pharmacy, UTTAR PRADESH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW, IND, 2011
- Bachelors in Pharmacy, Rajiv Academy for Pharmacy, Mathura, 2009
Biography
Dr. Atul Sharma holds a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. in Biosensors and Bioanalytical Chemistry. His research focuses on biosensors, wearable and implantable sensing devices, lab-on-chip microsystems, and point-of-care diagnostics, with the goal of translating bench-scale innovations into real-world healthcare and environmental monitoring applications.
Dr. Sharma has held successive postdoctoral and academic research positions and has contributed to multiple industry-relevant projects, including two sponsored collaborations at BITS Pilani (India) and UPVD (France). These projects focused on developing sensor platforms for detecting clinical analytes, antibiotics, and emerging contaminants. Working closely with interdisciplinary teams of engineers and biochemists, he developed customized diagnostic tests and sensing platforms for detecting fungal toxins, antibiotic residues, and emerging pollutants. His work also contributed to the establishment of a referral laboratory at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), India.
Currently, Dr. Sharma is a Research Assistant Professor at School of Engineering, Tufts University. His work includes the development of multiplex-biosensing platform for biomarker detection, microneedle-based biosensing systems for analyte collection, and metabolic monitoring in stress-related conditions and compartment syndrome. One of his research technology to saliva-based stress monitoring diagnostics, leading to the patenting of the SalivaFloss technology.
Dr. Sharma is currently leading an ARPA-H funded project on multiplex pain biomarker sensing, DARPA-eXVI project, and serves as Co-Investigator on a USU-PTSD Initiative project focused on PTSD biomarker detection for women's health. He previously led saliva diagnostics research under an NSF-funded project focused on stress biomarker monitoring. His work involves close collaboration with clinical and academic partners across various institutions.
Dr. Sharma has received multiple best paper awards and has published in leading peer-reviewed journals. He also served as reviewer for journals including ACS Nano, Plos One, Nature Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Talanta, Journal of Hazardous Materials, ACS Sensors, Microchimica Acta, and IEEE Sensors Letters.
Dr. Sharma has held successive postdoctoral and academic research positions and has contributed to multiple industry-relevant projects, including two sponsored collaborations at BITS Pilani (India) and UPVD (France). These projects focused on developing sensor platforms for detecting clinical analytes, antibiotics, and emerging contaminants. Working closely with interdisciplinary teams of engineers and biochemists, he developed customized diagnostic tests and sensing platforms for detecting fungal toxins, antibiotic residues, and emerging pollutants. His work also contributed to the establishment of a referral laboratory at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), India.
Currently, Dr. Sharma is a Research Assistant Professor at School of Engineering, Tufts University. His work includes the development of multiplex-biosensing platform for biomarker detection, microneedle-based biosensing systems for analyte collection, and metabolic monitoring in stress-related conditions and compartment syndrome. One of his research technology to saliva-based stress monitoring diagnostics, leading to the patenting of the SalivaFloss technology.
Dr. Sharma is currently leading an ARPA-H funded project on multiplex pain biomarker sensing, DARPA-eXVI project, and serves as Co-Investigator on a USU-PTSD Initiative project focused on PTSD biomarker detection for women's health. He previously led saliva diagnostics research under an NSF-funded project focused on stress biomarker monitoring. His work involves close collaboration with clinical and academic partners across various institutions.
Dr. Sharma has received multiple best paper awards and has published in leading peer-reviewed journals. He also served as reviewer for journals including ACS Nano, Plos One, Nature Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Talanta, Journal of Hazardous Materials, ACS Sensors, Microchimica Acta, and IEEE Sensors Letters.