Manoj M. Varma received the B. tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, in 2005. He was the Director of engineering from Quadraspec Inc., Purdue Research Foundation, from 2005 to 2007. He is currently a Professor with the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. His current research interest is focused on developing nanopore based single molecular sensing including protein and DNA sequencing.