CORE FACULTY

Education
• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2007, University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• BTech (Manufacturing Sc. And Engg.), 2000, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

Experience
• Associate Professor, IISc, Bangalore, Mar 2019 – present.
• Asst. Professor, IISc, Bangalore, Feb 2013 – Feb 2019.
• Program Manager, Innovative Micro Technology, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Oct 2010 – Jan 2013.
• Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA, Dec 2007 – Oct 2010.

Research Interests
• Interfacial Microfluidics for Lab-on-Chip & other applications
• Nanostructures for Self-Cleaning and Anti-Microbial Surfaces
• Using Interfaces to investigate Cells for Cytometry and Separation of CTC’s
• 3D Heterogeneous Integration of Micro-Nano Scale Devices for System Scaling

Research Area
Microfluidics, Lab-on-chip, Droplets, Interfacial phenomenon in microfluidics, Fluidic sensors, Heterogeneous integration

Recent Publications

• Lathia, R., Deshmukh, P., Vinaya, V., & Sen, P. (2024). Coalescence of liquid marbles on oil-infused surface. Physics of Fluids, 36(3).
  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0196769

• Reza, M. S., Ko, Y. S., Jeon, B. E., Sen, P., & Lee, C. (2024). Dynamics of microdroplet generation via drop impact on a superhydrophobic micropore. Physics of Fluids, 36(5).
  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0207480

• Jayaramaiah, R., Shuvro, S., Das, S., Kumar, S., & Sen, P. (2023, October). Low Power Flexible MXene-Graphene Oxide Based Heaters for Wearable Clothing. In 2023 IEEE SENSORS(pp. 01-04). IEEE.
  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10325073

• Lathia, R., Nagpal, S., Modak, C. D., Mishra, S., Sharma, D., Reddy, B. S., … & Sen, P. (2023). Tunable encapsulation of sessile droplets with solid and liquid shells. Nature Communications, 14(1), 6445.
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41977-1

• Lathia, R., Modak, C. D., & Sen, P. (2023). Two modes of contact‐time reduction in the impact of particle‐coated droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces.Droplet, 2(4), e89.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/dro2.89

Key Publications

• Lathia, R., Nagpal, S., Modak, C. D., Mishra, S., Sharma, D., Reddy, B. S., … & Sen, P. (2023). Tunable encapsulation of sessile droplets with solid and liquid shells. Nature Communications, 14(1), 6445.
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41977-1

• Modak, C. D., Kumar, A., Tripathy, A., & Sen, P. (2020). Drop impact printing. Nature communications, 11(1), 4327.
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18103-6

• Bansal, S., & Sen, P. (2016). Mixing enhancement by degenerate modes in electrically actuated sessile droplets. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 232, 318-326.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.03.109

Patents
• P. Sen and C.-J. Kim, “Electrostatically Driven High Speed Microdroplet Switch”, Patent pending: PCT/US2008/051094, Jan 2008.

• C.-J. Kim and P. Sen, “Liquid Supported Stages”, U.S. Provisional Application Serial No 61/244,820, Oct 2009.

• J. I. Hur, P. Sen and C.-J. Kim, “Microstructured Cathode For Self-Regulated Oxygen Generation And Consumption”, UCLA Invention Report.