Welcome to the AMD Lab.
We are a group of passionate individuals working together to generate research outcomes in the fields of Biosensing and 2D Materials.
Current Research
Diabetic sensors for wound prevention
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy sensors
Electrochemical biosensors
Quantum materials - 2D materials including semiconductors, semi-metals, dielectrics grown using pulsed laser deposition
Density functional theory for understanding quantum and 2D material device behaviour
Nano photonics for biosensing applications
2D material nanopores for single molecule detection
Organic semiconductor development
Recent News
MRS Fall Meeting 2023
A poster was presented by Dipanjan Nandi for the “Design of Different Leaky MoS2 Nanoresonators Focusing on Biosensing Applications” at the 2023 MRS Fall Meeting held in Boston, USA
Photonics North Conference 2023
A talk was presented by Dipanjan Nandi for work on a Plasmonic Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) Nanoresonator Biosensing Platform" at the 25𝑡ℎ Photonics North Conference in Montréal, Canada,
Oral Presentation at Symposium MS/MT: Emerging Materials and Applications for Flexible Electronics, CSC 2023 - 106th Canadian Chemistry Conference
Paul Lavryshyn presented at the Symposium MS/MT: Emerging Materials and Applications for Flexible Electronics, CSC 2023 - 106th Canadian Chemistry Conference
Optica Biophotonics Congress 2023 - Leaky MoS2 Split-Nanoring Resonators for Detection of Small Bioanalytes
Optica Biophotonics Congress 2023
Dean’s Research Award - 2023
Anoushka Ganguli and Wael Zahr presented at the 2023 Dean’s Research Award Poster Presentation Competition.
AICE Concepts - 2023 Recipients
Dr. Manisha Gupta receives $600K of funding from the Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) grant from Alberta Innovates for research on the detection and monitoring of neurological conditions in diabetic patients. The proposal includes developing biosensor prototypes
SMART Network Summer Student Presentation
For SMART Network’s summer student presentation, Anoushka Ganguli presented on a “pH sensor for Diabetic Wound Testing” and received 1st place for the judges selection.
August SMART talks on Biosensing Using Nanomaterials
During the presentation, Dr. Gupta has talked about nanomaterial-based biosensors for detection of different analytes like SARS-COV2, glucose, and THC amongst many other applications.
OPTICA Biophotonics Congress 2022 - SARS-COV2 Nanophotonic Sensor
Dipanjan Nandi presented a poster on the development of a biosensing platform using a gold nanodots array for detecting SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles at the OPTICA Biophotonics Congress 2022 in Florida USA held from 24th April - 27th April 2022.
Optica Biophotonics Congress 2022
For the work of “Design and Optimization of a Novel Nanophotonic Sensor for Virus Particle Detection”, a poster was presented on behalf of Dipanjan Nandi, Jiaxin Fan and Seongdae Kang at the Optica Biophotonics Congress in Florida, USA
Global News Appearance for Diabetic Wound Sensing Project
Dr. Manisha Gupta was interviewed by Global News to talk about her team’s project to develop cost-effective disposable versions of their biosensors to embed in bandages. The battery-powered devices can detect changes in electrolytes, temperature, pressure and glucose levels, then transmit the data — and an alarm if necessary.
Watch the interview and read more here.
Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference (CSSTC) - 2019
Dipanjan Nandi presented on the Design and optimization of a novel nanophotonic sensor for virus particle detection at the Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference (CSSTC) 2019 held in University of Saskatcheawan in Saskatoon, Canada.