Principal Investigator

Dr. Sreejith Rajan

Principal Investigator, AMEL

Dr. Sreejith Rajan is a researcher and technologist working in the areas of intelligent healthcare systems, biomedical instrumentation, embedded sensing technologies, and translational medical engineering. He currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Director of Research & Development at Cavira Innovations, where he leads the development of advanced healthcare technologies integrating embedded systems, biomedical sensing, portable diagnostics, and AI-assisted healthcare platforms.

Dr. Rajan's research lies at the intersection of biomedical engineering, microsystems technologies, embedded electronics, sensing systems, and decentralized healthcare technologies. His work focuses on the development of intelligent and deployable healthcare systems integrating biomedical instrumentation, microfluidics, fluorescence and imaging-based diagnostics, wearable sensing technologies, embedded control systems, and portable healthcare devices for point-of-care and resource-limited healthcare applications.

He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact international journals and conferences, with research contributions spanning digital microfluidics, portable molecular diagnostics, biosensing systems, wearable healthcare technologies, and intelligent biomedical instrumentation. His research has been recognized internationally through Featured Article and Editor's Pick selections by journals of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), and several of his works have been highlighted in global scientific media platforms including Nature Index, AIP Scilight, and Photonics Review.

As a researcher, innovator, and technology leader, Dr. Rajan actively works toward bridging academic research and real-world healthcare deployment through interdisciplinary engineering approaches. His long-term vision is to contribute toward next-generation intelligent healthcare technologies that are portable, connected, accessible, and capable of supporting decentralized diagnostics, wearable healthcare, remote monitoring, and smart biomedical systems.

Education

• Ph.D., Griffith University, Australia (2020). Research on liquid marble-based digital microfluidic systems at the Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre (QMNC)
• M.Tech, Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
• B.Tech, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India

Awards and scholarships

• Griffith University Postdoctoral Fellowship (GUPF-2023), awarded in 2023
• Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (GUIPRS), during Ph.D.
• Engineering Postgraduate Research Scholarship (ENGPRS), during Ph.D.
• AICTE–MHRD Scholarship, during M.Tech at IISc, Bengaluru

Editorial service

1. Guest editor, MDPI Micromachines

   Special issue

   Microfluidic Devices for Biomedical Applications and Pathogen Detection

Peer reviewer for

• IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
• Springer Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
• Springer Biomedical Microdevices
• MDPI Micromachines
• MDPI Molecules
• MDPI Sensors
• MDPI Pathogens

Volunteering

1. CSIRO STEM Professional in Schools

   Registered volunteer

   Dr. Sreejith Rajan is a registered volunteer in CSIRO's STEM Professionals in Schools program, Australia's largest national skilled volunteering program for STEM professionals and classroom educators. The program builds flexible, ongoing partnerships between science, technology, engineering and mathematics professionals and teachers in schools across Australia.