Dr Mishra is a Principal Investigator and Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Project Center at Dublin City University along with the National Center for Sensor Research at DCU, The Biodesign Europe Institute and the School of Physics at DCU.

His portfolio spans over fifteen years’ experience in the R&D of Micro & Nano systems for Life Sciences and Medicine, Materials, and other Bioanalytical applications. His current interests focus on nano/microsystems development including miniaturization, micro-fabrication, design-for-manufacture and scale-up, Bio-Physio-Chemical Micro-environment engineering & functional materials integration. Given the enabling nature of these technologies, they have demonstrated applications in the areas of Health, Pharma, Environment and Agri-food.

He also currently leads the FPCs mission in the development of microfluidic and micro/nano-systems based solutions for industry and academia (Idea-to-manufacturing of Lab-on-disc, Lab-on-Chip; Micro and Nano-fabrication; Sample prep automation; Point-of-use/care detection, Micro-total-analysis-systems; Surface engineering, Organ-on-a-chip).

He holds a PhD in Physics from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland and a Masters in Applied Polymer Science from MLU, Germany and ETH Zurich, Switzerland with a track record in industrial collaborations in his research (Roche, Bayer etc.). He currently serves on the technical programme committee of the CBMS MicroTAS conference since 2018.

Jack is involved in platform development on several microfluidics and materials microfab related projects. His primary background is in biomedical engineering with focus on medical devices. Jack holds a Masters in Biomedical Engineering.

Julia is working under the supervision of Dr Rohit Mishra towards the development of a polymeric medical device for sample handling and assay deployment towards a rapid, saliva-based Covid-19 screening assay. She is also involved in platform development on other microfluidics projects. Her primary background is in biomedical engineering (Masters) with focus on medical devices.

Darren McAuley is a Research Assistant working under the supervision of Dr Rohit Mishra towards several current and past projects in the development of microfluidic Point of Care systems including reagent handling, flow control, microfabrication and fluidic demonstration. His primary background is in Physics with a Biomedical focus.

Patricija is involved in bio-assay implementation and micro-fabrication towards bio-analytical devices. She holds a degree in Physics from DCU with a focus on biomedical sciences.

Maximilian Fahland is a research associate working under the supervision of Dr. Rohit Mishra in the area of droplet generation for LOD applications. Maximilian is responsible for the simulation of microfluidic processes. He studies mechanical engineering with a focus on fluid mechanics. He is currently a Masters student at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.

Alexandra is a Research Assistant working under the supervision of Dr Rohit Mishra. Her work will focus on development of a colorimetric detection on a handheld device for rapid diagnostics applications. Her work will also involve testing of microfluidic long term storage structures which enable in-field deployment. Her primary background is in industrial engineering with focus on civil engineering. She is currently completing a degree at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany.