Microwave Biosensing for Point-of-Care Health Monitoring

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About the Talk
Dr. Apala Banerjee will discuss how planar RF resonators detect key biomarkers—IL-6 for sepsis monitoring and lactate for metabolic monitoring—connecting resonator design, surface functionalization, microfluidics, and high-frequency measurements to practical wearable and point-of-care sensing systems.
• RF resonator design & biosensing principles.
• IL-6 detection for early sepsis warning.
• Lactate sensing in sweat for metabolic monitoring.
• Microfluidic integration & surface functionalization.
• Toward wearable & remote point-of-care diagnostics.
Event Details
Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM EDT
Platform: WebEx
Speaker
Dr. Apala Banerjee
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, KAUST
PhD in RF & Microwave Engineering, IIT Kanpur (2024).
Research: RF/microwave sensors, EM material characterization, biomedical & wearable sensing, high-frequency measurements, and deployable sensing systems. Published in leading IEEE venues. IEEE AP-S Young Professionals Ambassador 2026.
Co-sponsored by: Young Professional Ottawa
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/564792