Handbook of Single-Cell Technologies

Tuhin Subhra Santra is Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Design at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, from July 2016. He was a tenure track "Honorary Visiting Professor" at National Tsing Hua University" Taiwan from 2108 to2020, and he was a "Visiting Professor" at the University of Cambridge, UK, in 2019. Dr. Santra received his Ph.D. degree in Bio-Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (Bio-NEMS) from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan, in 2013. Dr. Santra was a PostdoctoralResearcher at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, from 2015 to 2016. His main research areas are Bio-NEMS, MEMS, single cell technology,single molecule detection, biomedical micro-/nano devices, nanomedicine, etc. Currently, Dr. Santra is serving as a Guest Editor for Cells, Micromachines, MDPI Journals and Frontiers of Bioengineering andBiotechnology. He served as a Guest Editor for Cells, MDPI, in 2020; International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) in 2018, 2017, and 2015; Sensors in 2016; Molecules in 2016; and Micromachines in 2020 and 2013, among others. He was conference chair andcommittee member of IEEE-NEMS in 2017, 2020 and 2021.Dr. Santra has received many honors and awards such as "DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Fellowship" in 2018, Honorary Research Fellow from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in 2018, Bharat Bikas Award in 2017, IEEE-NEMS best conference paper award in 2014, a silver medal from Vidyasagar University in 2004, etc. He is Editor of the book entitled Nanomaterials and Their Biomedical Applications bySpringer Nature, Singapore, in 2021; Microfluidics and Bio-NEMS: Devices and Applications by Jenny Stanford Publisher, Singapore, in 2020; and Essential of Single Cell Analysis Springer, Germany, in 2016, among others. He published more than 6 books, 35 SCI journals, 20 book chapters, 15 US/Taiwan/Indian patents, and 20 international conference proceedings in his research field.Dr. Fan-Gang (kevin) Tseng received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA, USA, in 1998. He joined Engineering and System Department of National Tsing Hua University in 1999 and advanced to Professor in 2006. He was the Chairman of ESS Department in NTHU (2010-2013), Associate Vice President for Global Affair in NTHU (2013), a Visiting Scholar of Koch Institute of Integrated Cancer Researchin MIT USA (2014-2015), and the Dean of Nuclear Science College in NTHU (2016-2017). He is currently a distinguished professor of ESS Department as well as NEMS I., and the Vice President for R&D at NTHU (2017-present), as well as a Research Fellow with AcademiaSinica Taiwan (2006-present). He was elected an ASME fellow in 2014. His research interests are in the fields of BioNEMS, biosensors, micro-fluidics, tissue chips, and fuel cells. He received 60 patents, wrote 8 book chapters, and published more than 260 SCIjournal papers and 400 conference technical papers.He has received several awards, including Shakelton Scholar, twice National Innovation Award, twice Outstanding in Research Award, and Mr. Wu, Da-Yo Memorial Award from MOST, Taiwan, and more than20 best papers and other awards in various international conferences and competitions. He is among the editorial board of several journals including IJMS, Cells,Micromachines, and Applied Science, and also the general co-chair for MicroTas 2018 and a board member of CBMS from 2018 to 2022.