Affiliation: Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kanchipuram, Chennai

Dr. Kumar is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University in California, USA (94305). His primary research focus at Stanford University is "Theoretical and Experimental Quantification of Error in Enzyme Kinetics Parameter of CRISPR-Cas12 and Cas13." The main objective is to develop and release the capability of CRISPR for disease diagnosis and treatment, aiming to achieve more sensitive and accurate disease detection and cure. In addition to his work at Stanford University, he is also engaged in a parallel project involving the desalination of water using innovative micro-fluidic based mixers. He holds the position of an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITD&M), Chennai.

His research interests include fabrication technologies such as micro/nanofabrication, laser machining, surface engineering for MEMS, micro/nano-fluidics, bio-fluidics, bio-medical devices, and health care. Previously, he served as a post-doctoral fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur until 2019. His post-PhD research experience includes a position as an early post-doctoral fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He also worked as a research associate at the Bio-MEMS and Micro-fluidics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, from August 2012 to November 2012. In 2013, they collaborated as a research associate with Prof. G. K. Ananthsuresh and Prof. Ashitava Ghoshal at the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.