Brief bio for Dr. Basu: 

Academic Positions

• 01/2019 - Present: Assistant Professor, tenure-track at South Dakota State University 

• 02/2021 - Present: Affiliate at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine

• 04/2016 - 12/2018: Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Faculty at UNC Chapel Hill 

• 06/2014 - 03/2016: Postdoctoral Scholar at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan 

• 08/2009 - 05/2014: Graduate Assistant at Virginia Tech

Education

• 2014: Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics at Virginia Tech, USA 

• 2009: B.E. in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University, India

Recent News

• Confirmation comes through for Dr. Basu's NSF CAREER Award | news article | January 2024

• The Basu Lab members are back at APS DFD 2023, with 3 talks + 1 poster | November 2023

• Dr. Basu travels to India for seminar invitations at IISc Bangalore and IIT Madras | August 2023

• A new Ph.D. student joins our lab. Welcome Mohammad Yeasin from BUET Bangladesh | August 2023

• The Basu Lab participated in the Dakota Dreams Summer Camp (for middle school students) and Youth Engineering and Technology Summer Camp (for high school students) | July 2023

• Dr. Basu travels to Australia for the SCONA (Society for CFD of the Nose & Airway) 2023 invited talk at Translational Research Institute, Brisbane | March 2023

• Dr. Basu travels to India for seminar invitation at IIT Bombay | March 2023

• The Basu Lab members are back at APS DFD 2022 | November 2022 

• The Basu Lab participated in the Dakota Dreams Summer Camp for middle school students | July 2022

• Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar and South Dakota State University signed a Memorandum-of-Understanding recently. Glad to be a part of that process, and looking forward to the upcoming research initiatives. News article | April 2022

• Our work on the fluid mechanics of intranasally sprayed drugs features in the Scientific Reports Editor's Choice collection of latest research on fluid dynamics across different fields and applications. Check out the collection  | March 2022

• New publication from our group on how some COVID patients develop worse lower airway complications and some don't. The paper is published at Rhinology Online, a top-tier journal in the ENT field. Check it out | January 2022

• Basu Lab members were at the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting: Abstract 1, Abstract 2, Abstract 3, Abstract 4, Abstract 5, Video 1, Video 2 | November 2021

• New publication in Scientific Reports - on an integrative approach connecting fluid mechanics with virology to answer the open question of SARS-CoV-2 infectious dose | March 2021

• New SARS-CoV-2 manuscript on medRxiv - potentially landmark results, looking forward to the peer reviews now. Check it out: Link | December 2020

• News of new NIH COBRE Pilot Grant for our group, on computational tracking of perfusion into solid tumors. Exciting! | December 2020

• Presentation by my students Aneek and Ashley at APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting: Abstract Link, Video Link | November 2020

• New COVID-19 manuscript on medRxiv, check it out: Link | October 2020

• Our COVID19-related nasal drug delivery paper has been published on Scientific Reports - Nature. The methods can help in the development of intranasal therapeutics. | June 2020

• Nomination for membership to Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Honor Society) | May 2020

• Our new article on nasal surgeries has been published on The Laryngoscope | May 2020

• Interview podcast on the South Dakota Public Radio | April 2020

• News release 1, News Release 2, News Release 3 - on our COVID-19 work | April 2020

• Received news of NSF funding for our COVID-19 RAPID proposal on bio-inspired virus-preventive masks. This is also my first NSF grant as a principal investigator. Exciting times ahead for the team: me, Dr. Sunny Jung (at Cornell), and Dr. Leonardo Chamorro (at UIUC) | April 2020 

• Our paper on comparison of nasal surgeries - accepted for publication at The Laryngoscope, one of the most prestigious ENT journals | April 2020

• At Texas Tech - Invited seminar | March 2020

• At Cornell University - Invited seminar | February 2020

• NSF panel visit coming up soon! My first |  January 2020

• Glad to announce that I have been conferred the Yuva Rattan (Hindi phrase translated to English as “gem amongst the youth”) Award 2020 from the Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Welfare Society of India. As one of the highest Indian diasporic honors, the NRI Yuva Rattan Award is annually given to 15 non-resident Indians from all over the globe working in different fields, out of nearly 16 million living outside of India. Purpose of the award is to recognize the accomplishments of non-resident Indians, while also strengthening the bond between non-resident Indians and India. The award ceremony will be at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi on January 25th 2020, on the eve of India’s Republic Day. 

• Pre-Thanksgiving Recess (Nov 2019): Back at APS DFD Meeing. My 10th consecutive DFD; this time in Seattle. Looking forward to all the great talks!

• November 2019: New paper on airflow changes from different nasal surgeries, submitted at The Laryngoscope

• November 2019: Ready, SET - Go! - Outreach session for female high-school students, with flow experiments through 3D-printed anatomic airway models

• October 2019: Invited to serve on the NSF Fluid Dynamics panel

• March 2019: Two new papers (on CFD in nasal transport) accepted for publication, both at the International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology

• Fluid Dynamics Research Prize 2018 - from the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, for the paper On the study of a drop bouncing on a soap film and does it resemble a jumping water-strider | Awarded Paper | Award Citation