Sandeep Kumar Vashist
Head of ImmunodiagnosticsDepartment of Microsystems Engineering(IMTEK)
University of Freiburg
Germany
Biography
Sandeep K. Vashist is the Head of Immunodiagnostics at Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e.V. (HSG-IMIT) and Laboratory for MEMS Applications, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Germany. He was the Bioanalytical Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Dublin, Ireland (2006-2009) and the Team Leader at NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute, Singapore (2009-2012) after completing his Ph.D. from Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, India (2006). His research outputs include many successful technology transfers, several in vitro diagnostic and point-of-care technologies, over 80 publications in high impact factor journals and numerous patents, book chapters, and publications/talks in international conferences. He has constantly received highly prestigious fellowships and awards for scientific research excellence and innovation. Besides, he is acting as the Editorial Board and Executive Editor for several reputed journals (such as NPG’s Scientific Reports, Elsevier’s NPBR and MDPI’s Diagnostics).
Research Interest
His research interests include in vitro diagnostics, biosensors, point-of-care testing, nanotechnology, and smartphone-based personalized healthcare monitoring and management.