Profiles

Sushanta K. Mitra received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Waterloo and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Victoria.

Utsab has obtained his Ph.D. and M.Tech from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India in the year 2021 and 2015 respectively. During his M.Tech and Ph.D., he had worked on passive and active manipulation of magnetic and non-magnetic interfaces on microfluidic platforms. Utsab has obtained his bachelor's (B.E.) from the Department of Power Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is currently involved in research related to wetting and interfacial science. 

A-Reum Kim completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology Engineering) under the supervison of Prof. Boxin Zhao and Prof. Sushanta Mitra.  She completed her dual BSc in Mechanical Systems and Design Engineering with First Class Honors from Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea and the University of Northumbria, Newcastle, the United Kingdom, in 2016. She obtained her MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea in 2018.

Sirshendu Misra completed his Ph.D. in 2023 from the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Dr. Sushanta Mitra. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 2015 with B.Tech (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech in Thermal Science and Engineering as the topper of his specialization. His research interests include liquid-liquid encapsulation related to interfacial science. He is also CTO of SLE Enterprises B.V., the Dutch startup. 

Surjyasish finished his PhD in Applied Physics from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2021. His doctoral thesis focused on understanding the dynamic wetting of liquid drops on soft solids with a particular focus on the complex stick-slip characteristics exhibited by fast moving contact lines. Previously, he obtained his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from York University, Canada and his Bachelor’s from Jadavpur University, India.

Sudip has completed his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in the year 2021. He has broad research experience in the area of droplet-based microfluidics, particularly experimental microfluidics. He has extensively used many advanced experimental measurement techniques such as Infrared Thermography, micro-Particle Image Velocimetry (μ-PIV), micro-Laser Induced Fluorescence (μ-LIF), Fluorescent Microscopy, High-Speed Imaging, and many more, to solve his research problems.

Xin has obtained her Ph.D. and B.S. degrees from the School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2016 and 2021, respectively. Afterwards, she joined the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in 2021. Her research was focused on the design and fabrication of transition metal electrocatalysts for water/seawater splitting. Currently, she is working on the development of catalysts for fuel cells at the University of Waterloo, under the co-supervision of Prof.

Ankit Received his B.Tech Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the West Bengal University of Technology, West Bengal, India. He joined the National Institute of Technology, Silchar, as M. Tech. Scholar in Thermal Engineering in 2018. For his Master’s, he worked on a broad area of Transport in Porous Media. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Microfluidics and Heat Transfer as a part of the ‘Electronic Thermal Management group’ under Dr. Ananadaroop Bhattacharya at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

Akash Chowdhury graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 2020 with a B.Tech. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. He did his Bachelor's thesis under Dr. Anandaroop Bhattacharya on Molten Metal impinging on substrates. He joined the group as a PhD student in the Fall 2023 under the supervision of Dr. Sushanta Mitra and will be working on Liquid-Liquid Encapsulation related to interfacial science. He has also been awarded with the WIN Nanofellowship.

Fan Zhao obtained her BSc Degree in Chemical engineering,  Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, China, in 2015 and MSc Degree in Forestry Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, China, in 2017. After working for four years, she got admitted to the PhD joint project from the University of Waterloo and Soochow University.  At present, she is pursuing her PhD in Chemical Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Boxin Zhao (University of Waterloo), Prof. Sushanta Mira(University of Waterloo) and Prof.

Manas Thakur graduated from the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology -Deemed to be University (KIIT-DU), Bhubaneswar, India in 2019 with a B.Tech. in Electronics & Electrical Engineering. He worked as an Associate System Engineer at TATA Consultancy Services LTD. for 1 year. He completed his M.Tech in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in 2022 with a university gold medal from Jadavpur University. He has done his master's thesis on “Study of Nitrogen-doped Reduced graphene oxide for its potential application as supercapacitor and photodetector” under the supervision of Dr. Sourav Sarkar. He joined as PhD fellow in 2023 at the School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, under the guidance of Dr. Sourav Sarkar and Dr. Sushanta Kumar Mitra, and is presently working on 2D materials-based biosensors and memory devices.

Pavar Sai Kumar received his BTech Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2017 from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), India. He joined the Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Institute of Science and Technology, JNTU, for his MTech in 2018. He worked on silica nanomaterials and hydrophobic and superhydrophobic coatings during his MTech. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D.

Jonathan Mayry completed a BASc degree in Nanotechnology Engineering at the University of Waterloo in April 2022. He is currently working as a research assistant in the MNT lab, focusing on the development of two lateral flow assays: one for detection of COVID-19 and one for detection of Vibrio cholerae. Starting in Fall 2022, Jonathan will be pursuing a master’s degree in Chemistry (Nanotechnology) at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Drs. Sushanta Mitra and John Honek.

Asmi Gujral is an undergraduate student in the Mechatronics Engineering program, with a passion for firmware and embedded systems development. She is currently assisting with the design of the UV-curing stage for the liquid-liquid encapsulation project.

Iris Feng is an undergraduate student in the Nanotechnology Engineering program at the University of Waterloo. Iris is currently a research assistant for various projects on active matter at interfaces in the MNT Lab.

Myles is a grade 11 highschool student attending Resurrection Catholic Secondary School as of 2024. He is currently working on developing a standard operating procedure (SOP) for a new liquid-liquid encapsulation machine in the MNT lab. 

Li Ting Gao completed her M.Eng. degree in Solid mechanics from Shanghai University in 2021. She is a PhD student at Shanghai University under the supervision of Prof. Zhan-sheng Guo. She is undergoing joint training at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Prof. Aiping Yu and Prof. Sushanta Mitra. Her current research focuses on dendrite evolution in lithium metal batteries and designing the high-energy solid-state electrolyte for sodium-ion batteries. 

Vamika Kapur is an undergraduate student in the Nanotechnology Engineering program at the University of Waterloo. Vamika is currently working on the Ion trap device fabrication project at the MNT lab.

Xinge Yang obtained his B.Eng. degree in Energy and Power Engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2021. He is a PhD student at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University under the supervision of Prof. Ruzhu Wang. He is undergoing joint training at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Prof. Sushanta Mitra. His current research focuses on atmospheric water harvesting and removing water contaminants using hydrogels. 

Yoshiyasu received his Ph.D. degree from Tokyo University of Science, Japan, in 2017. From 2017 to 2018, he was a JSPS postdoctoral research fellow in Japan. After that, he was an aerospace project research associate in Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) until 2021. Since 2021, he has been an Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering in Tokyo University of Science. His research interests are flow control and measurement techniques for flow phenomena in various Reynolds number ranges, from microfluidics to aircraft aerodynamics. Currently, he is a Visiting Scholar in MNT Lab.