Speaker: Dr. Sameer Sonkusale, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University

Title: Wearable, Nearable, and Ingestible Bioelectronics for Precision Medicine

Date : 18th August 2025, 4 PM to 5 PM

Venue : CeNSE Seminar Hall

Coffee & Tea :5:00PM 

Abstract: 

This talk presents a vision for "human-in-the-loop" precision medicine enabled by advances in 
wearable, ingestible, and microneedle-based bioelectronics. The speaker will introduce 
paper-based nearables for at-home biochemical sensing, smart textile dressings that monitor wound
status and deliver drugs on demand, and microneedle systems for integrated sensing and therapy.

He will also highlight their ingestible lab-on-a-pill devices that noninvasively sample the 
gut microbiome with spatial resolution, offering a new window into host-microbe interactions 
beyond fecal analysis. Together, these technologies open the door to personalized, real-time, 
and minimally invasive diagnostics and therapies—reshaping how we monitor and manage health.

Bio:



Sameer Sonkusale is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University, 
where he holds joint appointments in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical 
and Biological Engineering. He also served as a visiting professor at the Wyss Institute at 
Harvard University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital of the Harvard Medical School during 
2011-2012 and 2018-2019, respectively. He currently directs an interdisciplinary research 
group focusing on devices, circuits, and systems for healthcare, biology, life sciences, 
and the environment. Dr. Sonkusale earned his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the 
University of Pennsylvania and has received several awards, including the National Science 
Foundation CAREER award in 2010. He was also honored with a Distinguished Alumni award from 
his alma mater, BITS Pilani. Dr. Sonkusale is an alumnus of the National Academy of Engineering 
US Frontiers of Engineering meeting in 2015, and the National Academy of Sciences Arab-America 
Frontiers meeting in 2014 and 2016. Dr. Sonkusale serves on the editorial boards of several prominent
 journals, including Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), IEEE Transactions on 
Biomedical Circuits and Systems, PLoS One, and Electronic Letters. He is a fellow of the AIMBE 
and senior member of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and IEEE.

Host Faculty: Prof. Navakanta Bhat