Ashutosh Shastry, Phd Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

Non-viral gene delivery using in-flow single-cell electroporation.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Led engineering management by integrating microfluidics, assay development, process engineering, and systems integration functions. Enabled end-to-end proof-of-concept runs of the handheld reader cartridge system.

Berkeley, California, United States

Debugged the system, proposed and completed the design of a disposable cartridge that not just solved the performance issues but was designed for ease of use and manufacturability.

Los Gatos, California, United States

Took the idea from concept to a working product with successful use in pain and addiction management clinics.Completed the design of the pilot line and moved the operations to Philadelphia to co-locate with NMS Labs.

Los Gatos, California

Founding member of a startup developing a disruptive, easy-to-use, cost-effective technology platform that will provide accurate results from diagnostic tests in minutes and will be able to adapt to test new antigens as they emerge. Built and lead a multi-disciplinary team leveraging synergies among biosensor, digital, electronics, optomechanics.

Los Gatos

Led the R&D program for a new, point-of-care diagnostic technology using an evanescent-wave photonic chip, disposable cartridge, and digital reader. Built a high-performance multidisciplinary team.The technology and core team continued as Evanostics.

• Recruited to 270-employee company pioneering transdermal Class III drug delivery technology as Biomedical Engineer; promoted to Manager, Technology Development to head micro-jet R&D program, then to lead technology.
• Transformed the product development process by introducing a risk-focused, quality-by-design approach.
• Led the technology development team, which won the 2010 Edison Award in the Science and Medical-Game Changers category for the creation of a disruptive, painless, transdermal medication-delivery system that united.
• In collaboration with Stanford University’s Nanofabrication Facility developed a new method of micro-needle manufacturing and led production scale-up to improve product quality and efficiency.

San Francisco Bay Area

Greater Seattle Area

• Formulated the concept, and pioneered the application of textured, super-hydrophobic surfaces for droplet microfluidics. Formed a graduate student team and launched a research program to develop the technology for.
• Was granted two patents, and authored over 15 related scientific articles, including a first-author cover article in Advanced Materials, and the first-author article in Langmuir that has been cited 257 times.
• Invented and successfully demonstrated texture ratchets to guide droplet movement and created first successful non-fouling surfaces; gained entry for technology for use in cell sorting at prestigious Fred Hutchinson.
• Developed a new method of protein patterning using thermo-responsive coatings and micro-heaters.

Mumbai Area, India

• In conjunction with my advisor, Professor R. Lal developed the lab infrastructure and the first industrial collaborations for Bio-MEMS research. Led a highly collaborative microfabrication and microelectronics research.
• Designed and built an in-flow cell electroporation system comprised of fluidics, detection and poration electronics, and a silicon transducer. Worked with the Cancer Research Institute to electroporate NT8e cells with.
• Developed a low-voltage, free-solution, capillary electrophoresis system to perform DNA sequencing, and a GPIB-interfaced impedance measurement system for cell detection. Guided the development of custom systems to.
• Commissioned and maintained a Class 1000 cleanroom for microfabrication developing setups and unit processes for lithography, etching, and oxidation, as well as vacuum systems for metallization.
• Published the first scientific Bio-MEMS research papers from India for the IEEE MEMS and MicroTAS conferences.During this period of my career, my specialties were MEMS, microfabrication, microelectronics.

Mumbai Area, India

Designed and fabricated sensor for particle size measurements. Led system integration combining sensor, flow system and detection electronics.

Mumbai Area, India

Led the commissioning of solvent recovery plant for Cefachlor. Helped commission and troubleshoot process equipment.

Ph.D., Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering, Mentors: Prof. R. Lal (Ee) And Prof. Jayesh Bellare (Che)

♦ Free solution capillary electrophoresis and label free detection of DNA on chip ♦ Selective high efficiency in-flow electroporation.

Executive Mba, Strategy, Finance, And Entrepreneurship

B.Tech., Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Scripted PAF, Directed plays, Edited Aksh & Dabbler, H5♦ Mathematical modeling of micellar catalysis at.

Research Associate, Electrical Engineering And Bioengineering

│Wetting and Surface Physics│Super-hydrophobic Surfaces│Droplet Micro-fluidics│ │Electrochemistry│Protein fouling│Surface Characterization.

M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Advisors: Prof. Jayesh Bellare & Prof. R. Lal

Activities and Societies: Scripted PAF, H5♦ Anodic bonding and micro-machining of glass for creating on-chip electrophoresis device.

Core Certificate, Business Administration And Management, General

Microfabrication / Mems Process Development

Activities and Societies: Labmember at Stanford Nanofabrication Faclity

Device / Drug Development Process