Deblina Sarkar

Deblina Sarkar
Sarkar in 2018
Born
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma mater
Known forUltra thin quantum mechanical transistor (ATLAS-TFET), nanoscale biosensors, expansion microscopy
Awards2018 MIT Technology Review's Top 10 Innovator Under 35 from India, 2016 CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering, 2016 UCSB Winifred and Louis Lancaster Dissertation Award for Math, Physical Science and Engineering, 2008 U.S. Presidential Fellowship
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsMIT Media Lab
Thesis2D Steep Transistor Technology: Overcoming Fundamental Barriers in Low-Power Electronics and Ultra-Sensitive Biosensors (2015)
Doctoral advisorKaustav Banerjee

Deblina Sarkar is an electrical engineer,[1] and inventor.[2][3] She is an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the AT&T Career Development Chair Professor of the MIT Media Lab. Sarkar has been internationally recognized for her invention of an ultra thin quantum mechanical transistor that can be scaled to nano-sizes and used in nanoelectronic biosensors. As the principal investigator of the Nano Cybernetic Biotrek Lab[4] at MIT, Sarkar leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers towards bridging the gap between nanotechnology and synthetic biology to build new nano-devices and life-machine interfacing technologies with which to probe and enhance biological function.

  1. ^ "Deblina Sarkar". Neuron. 108 (2): 235–237. 2020. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.044. S2CID 225098402.
  2. ^ "Deblina Sarkar Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  3. ^ Gupta, Sanjay (2018-03-30). "EmTech 2018: Innovators under 35". Mint. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  4. ^ "Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek Lab: Professor Deblina Sarkar". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-10.