Sanket Goel

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Sanket Goel is an Indian academic who is a Professor and the Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair of Canada at the University of Manitoba. His research focuses on MEMS, microfluidics, and nanoelectronics.

He previously headed the Center for Research Excellence in Semiconductor Technologies (CREST) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani in Hyderabad, India.

Early life and education

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Goel was born 31 December 1977 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. He graduated from Ramjas College at Delhi University in 1998 with B.Sc Honors in Physics. He received a MSc from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2000, and a PhD from University of Alberta in 2005.

Career

Goel worked at the Institute for Plasma Research in Gandhinagar from 2000–2001.^{[citation needed]} He then worked at the Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory in DRDO, Bangalore, in 2006, at Stanford University from 2006-2008, and at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore from 2008-2011 .^{[citation needed]}

From 2015-2026,^{[citation needed]} Goel was Birla Chair Professor and head of semiconductor research at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad. He was the principal investigator of the MEMS, microfluidics and nanoelectronics (MMNE) Lab, and founding director of Cleome Innovations Pvt. Ltd.

In August 2026, the University of Manitoba announced that Goel was hired as part of a Canadian federal program to bring researchers to Canada. He was named as Professor and Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair of Canada, with a focus on focus on next-generation biosensors and cyber-physical systems.

Scientific contributions

Goel's research centers on MEMS, microfluidics, and nanoelectronics, with applications in sensing, energy harvesting, and storage. His works include published topics such as sustainable fuel, laser-induced graphene, and biofuel cell technologies, along with 24 co-filed patents and two edited books on microelectronics and electrochemical devices.^{[non-primary source needed]} He also works with the MMNE Lab and the associated Cleome Innovations company on minimal-scale sensing platforms and energy systems.^{[non-primary source needed]} The group has developed droplet-based microfluidics, underwater solar cell designs, and 3D-printed devices for extraterrestrial settings. Other projects include tools for soil diagnostics, DNA amplification, and nanomaterial processing.

Since 2021, his team has also worked on biomedical technologies, including a wearable glucose monitoring patch using sweat, an implantable system powered by blood glucose, and a field-ready PCR system. Their work has also included space-oriented diagnostic platforms and low-cost diabetes test kits.

In 2025, Goel developed a nano-engineered fiber-optic portable sensor for brain health monitoring, in collaboration with IIT Bombay, along with a cost-efficient multiplexed potentiostat.

Honors and awards

Goel has won several awards, honors and distinctions, including the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitational Fellowship (2021), Fulbright Fellowship (2015) and Dr C R Mitra Best Faculty Award by Prof V S Rao Foundation / BITS-Pilani (2021). In 2022, he became a fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) and Institution of Engineers (IE).

Goel is with the editorial team of several journals including IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Applied Nanoscience, and Journal of Nanobiotechnology. Earlier, he was in the Editorial Board of IEEE Access Journal. He has also been appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Sensors Council for a term of 2 years from 2024-2026.

On 5 September 2025, Goel was among the 21 faculty members nationwide recognised by the President of India for excellence in teaching, research, innovation, and institution-building through the National Award for Teachers. This award was presented by the President of India at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In February 2026, he received the IESA Technovation Award in the Skilling – University category at the IESA Vision Summit 2026 in Bengaluru.

Selected works

• Singh, Sonal; Jain, Shikha; Ps, Venkateswaran; Tiwari, Avanish K.; Nouni, Mansa R.; Pandey, Jitendra K.; Goel, Sanket (1 January 2015). "Hydrogen: A sustainable fuel for future of the transport sector". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 51: 623–633. Bibcode:2015RSERv..51..623S. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.040.
• Kothuru, Avinash; Hanumanth Rao, C.; Puneeth, S. B.; Salve, Mary; Amreen, Khairunnisa; Goel, Sanket (July 2020). "Laser-Induced Flexible Electronics (LIFE) for Resistive, Capacitive and Electrochemical Sensing Applications". IEEE Sensors Journal. 20 (13): 7392–7399. Bibcode:2020ISenJ..20.7392K. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2020.2977694. ISSN 1558-1748. S2CID 216415990.
• Rewatkar, Prakash; Goel, Sanket (October 2018). "Paper-Based Membraneless Co-Laminar Microfluidic Glucose Biofuel Cell With MWCNT-Fed Bucky Paper Bioelectrodes". IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience. 17 (4): 374–379. Bibcode:2018ITNB...17..374R. doi:10.1109/TNB.2018.2857406. ISSN 1558-2639. PMID 30028713. S2CID 51706033.
• Goel, Sanket, ed. (2021). Microelectronics and Signal Processing: Advanced Concepts and Applications. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1201/9781003168225. ISBN 9780367640125. S2CID 235504021.
• Goel, Sanket (2023). Miniaturized Electrochemical Devices - Advanced Concepts, Fabrication, and Applications. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781032392714.

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