Manu Sebastian Mannoor
Manu Sebastian Mannoor
is Research Assistant at the Microelectronics
Research Center,
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and is
pursuing his graduate studies in the Department of Biomedical
Engineering. He has been actively engaged in research for the
development of micro/nano fabricated sensing platforms for the
electronic detection of biomolecular interactions.
Manu’s
research
interests include micro/nanofabrication, design and development of
molecular scale biosensors for point of care diagnostic and
lab-on-a-chip devices, micro fluidic analyte transport, and other
MEMS/NEMS device structures with potential biomedical
applications.
He is collaborating with
Rational Affinity Devices LLC on the
development of an innovative biochip device
for the rapid and cost-effective diagnosis of infectious diseases. The
shrinking of the size-scale of the sensing elements down to that of the
molecules being sensed has provided better insight into the
bio-molecular interactions, which was not previously attainable with
macro or even micro scale sensor architectures.
This innovative biochip device
uses
precisely modulated electric and magnetic fields to enhance the speed
and selectivity of the detection process through the controlled
transport of analyte molecules. Once fully assembled, these robust,
accurate and easy-to-use biochips will be capable of providing
high-value diagnostic testing at the point of patient care places.
Manu’s recent research works in this direction has led to several
publications in journals and proceedings, 2 invention disclosures for
patents, and several speeches on his research activities at major
international conferences. His publications include
NEMS Capacitive Sensors for Highly Sensitive Label-Free Nucleic-acid
Analysis,
BioMEMS — Advancing the Frontiers of Medicine,
Debye Capacitive Sensors for Biomolecular Detection,
Micro/Nano Fabricated Biosensors for
Point-of-Care-Diagnostics, and
Active MOS Capacitive Sensor Array for Lab-On-a-Chip
Applications.
Manu has also coauthored 2 review articles and a book chapter in
BioMEMS. His recent speaking events include
nanoTX’08 and
NASA Tech Briefs – National Nano Engineering Conference.
Manu earned his B.S degree in Electronics and Communication
Engineering from the University of Calicut, India.