Deblina Sarkar
Deblina Sarkar | |
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Sarkar in 2018 | |
| Born | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Ultra thin quantum mechanical transistor (ATLAS-TFET), nanoscale biosensors, expansion microscopy |
| Awards | 2018 MIT Technology Review's Top 10 Innovator Under 35 from India, 2016 CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering, 2016 UCSB Winifred and Louis Lancaster Dissertation Award for Math, Physical Science and Engineering, 2008 U.S. Presidential Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | MIT Media Lab |
| Thesis | 2D Steep Transistor Technology: Overcoming Fundamental Barriers in Low-Power Electronics and Ultra-Sensitive Biosensors (2015) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kaustav Banerjee |
Deblina Sarkar is an Indian electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Kolkata,West Bengal. She is an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the AT&T Career Development Chair Professor of the MIT Media Lab. Sarkar has been internationally recognized for her invention of an ultra thin quantum mechanical transistor that can be scaled to nano-sizes and used in nanoelectronic biosensors. As the principal investigator of the Nano Cybernetic Biotrek Lab at MIT, Sarkar leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers towards bridging the gap between nanotechnology and synthetic biology to build new nano-devices and life-machine interfacing technologies with which to probe and enhance biological function.