Karan Dhingra

Karan Dhingra

United States
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Experience

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    New York Genome Center

    New York, United States

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    Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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    Ottawa, Canada Area

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    Ottawa, Canada Area

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    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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    New Delhi Area, India

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    Greater Boston Area

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    New Delhi, India

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    New Delhi, India

Education

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    University of Ottawa

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    Activities and Societies: --Poster presentation at the Solutions for Cardio-pulmonary Organ Repair and Regeneration (SCORR), March, 2019 --Research work presented at the Ottawa Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, April, 2019

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    Activities and Societies: --2nd place amongst 120 teams for Next Generation Innovator, for developing a low cost ($3) slip on arm cast which suppresses hand tremors by 40% using viscous damping techniques --Credited courses for Biomedical System Design, LabVIEW, Hybrid Biomedical Systems, Design of Instrumentation Amplifier for ECG & EMG conducted by National Instruments (NI) -- Volunteer for teaching underprivileged children at ‘Drikshaya’ (2012-2014)

    *Electronic Devices
    *Electronic Circuits
    *Digital Systems
    *Circuits and Networks
    *Linear Integrated Circuits
    *Biochemistry
    *Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology
    *Medical Physics
    *Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
    *Sensors and Transducers
    *Signals and Systems
    *Bio-Signal Processing
    *Principles of Communication Engineering
    *Pathology and Microbiology
    *Bio materials and Artificial Organs
    *Biomedical Instrumentation
    *Medical Imaging…

    *Electronic Devices
    *Electronic Circuits
    *Digital Systems
    *Circuits and Networks
    *Linear Integrated Circuits
    *Biochemistry
    *Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology
    *Medical Physics
    *Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
    *Sensors and Transducers
    *Signals and Systems
    *Bio-Signal Processing
    *Principles of Communication Engineering
    *Pathology and Microbiology
    *Bio materials and Artificial Organs
    *Biomedical Instrumentation
    *Medical Imaging Techniques
    *Medical Image Processing
    *Virtual Instrumentation
    *Diagnostic and Therapeutic Equipments
    *Fiber Optics
    *Heath,Hospital And Equipment Management
    *Electronic Circuits
    *Engineering Mechanics And Fluid Mechanics
    *Bio analytical Techniques
    *Control Systems
    *Diagnostic Ultrasound In Medicine
    *Human Assist Devices
    *Special Transducers And Instrumentation

Licenses & Certifications

Publications

  • A microfluidic platform for drug screening in a 3D cancer microenvironment

    Biosensors And Bioelectronics

    Development of resistance to chemotherapy treatments is a major challenge in the battle against cancer. Although a vast repertoire of chemotherapeutics is currently available for treating cancer, a technique for rapidly identifying the right drug based on the chemo-resistivity of the cancer cells is not available and it currently takes weeks to months to evaluate the response of cancer patients to a drug. A sensitive, low-cost diagnostic assay capable of rapidly evaluating the effect of a…

    Development of resistance to chemotherapy treatments is a major challenge in the battle against cancer. Although a vast repertoire of chemotherapeutics is currently available for treating cancer, a technique for rapidly identifying the right drug based on the chemo-resistivity of the cancer cells is not available and it currently takes weeks to months to evaluate the response of cancer patients to a drug. A sensitive, low-cost diagnostic assay capable of rapidly evaluating the effect of a series of drugs on cancer cells can significantly change the paradigm in cancer treatment management. Integration of microfluidics and electrical sensing modality in a 3D tumour microenvironment may provide a powerful platform to tackle this issue. Here, we report a 3D microfluidic platform that could be potentially used for a real-time deterministic analysis of the success rate of a chemotherapeutic drug in less than 12 h. The platform is integrated with the microsensors (interdigitated) gold electrodes with width and spacing 10 µm) that can measure the change in the electrical response of cancer cells seeded in a 3D extra cellular matrix when a chemotherapeutic drug is flown next to the matrix.

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  • Paper microchip with a graphene-modified silver nano-composite electrode for electrical sensing of microbial pathogens

    Nanoscale

    Rapid and sensitive point-of-care diagnostics are of paramount importance for early detection of infectious diseases and timely initiation of treatment. Here, we present cellulose paper and flexible plastic chips with printed graphene-modified silver electrodes as universal point-of-care diagnostic tools for the rapid and sensitive detection of microbial pathogens or nucleic acids through utilizing electrical sensing modality and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP).

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Projects

  • Blood Infusion Warmer using LabVIEW-2014 & myRIO

    Successfully designed & developed a working prototype & software for Blood Infusion Warmer using LabVIEW-2014 Graphical programming language.
    Completed one credit course in Biomedical System Design using Labview conducted by National Instruments Bangalore. Hands on training LabVIEW graphical programming language, data acquisition & signal conditioning of biomedical signals. System design approach- elements of systems- hands on training on RIO architecture

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  • Suppression of Essential Hand Tremor via Orthosis using Viscous Damping

    Successfully designed & developed a working prototype of a device to suppress essential hand tremors via orthosis using control systems of mechanical and viscous damping. Further carried out extensive case study on efficiency of device & public survey to evaluate how the device would function as a market product in the healthcare sector.

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  • Manipulation and Sorting of Cell-Laden Hydrogel Microcapsules Within Microfluidic Environment

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    Encapsulating cells within semi-permeable hydrogel material has been shown to boost the therapeutic effectiveness of stem cell therapy in certain applications. Cell encapsulation promotes high retention and engraftment rates, and protects against attack from the immune system of the host, as these are challenges often seen in utilizing stem cells in suspension alone. Leveraging droplet-based microfluidics has yielded a platform capable of producing monodispersed microcapsules embedded with…

    Encapsulating cells within semi-permeable hydrogel material has been shown to boost the therapeutic effectiveness of stem cell therapy in certain applications. Cell encapsulation promotes high retention and engraftment rates, and protects against attack from the immune system of the host, as these are challenges often seen in utilizing stem cells in suspension alone. Leveraging droplet-based microfluidics has yielded a platform capable of producing monodispersed microcapsules embedded with cells at high throughput, typically achieved by mixing an aqueous hydrogel solution that contains cells with an immiscible liquid (oil) in a flow focusing geometry. However, encapsulation using microfluidics results in randomized generation of empty and cell-laden microcapsules, following Poisson statistics, raising the need to institute a successful sorting mechanism, thereby increasing occupancy and ultimately purifying the desired sample. In this thesis we propose a sorting strategy by combining two conceptual mechanisms of electrophoresis (EP) and deterministic lateral displacement (DLD). Different varieties of microcapsules were characterized for EP and DLD respectively. Leveraging these differences was used in a device combining both of the concepts towards sorting of empty and cell-laden microcapsules.

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Honors & Awards

  • Suppression of Essential Hand Tremor via Orthosis Using Viscous Damping

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    Secured 2nd position among 120 teams at KONVOLVE '15, an Intra SRM Multi-Disciplinary Project Competition & Exhibition for working prototype/device of suppressing Essential Hand Tremors via Orthosis using Viscous Damping, held from August 2014 to February

  • Research scholarship

    University of Queensland, Australia

    Full research scholarship for Summer Research Program at AIBN (Australia Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology), University of Queensland, Australia.

  • Performance Based Scholarship Award

    SRM University, Kattankulathur

    Cash prize awarded for excellent academic performance in academic year 2013-16 by SRM University, Kattankulathur.

Languages

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • Hindi

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Elementary proficiency

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