Dr. Naresh Kumar Mani obtained his PhD Degree from Sorbonne University, France, and Master's Degree from Ecole Normale Superieure Saclay, France. He has received the French Ministry Doctoral Fellowship, Erasmus Mundus Master's scholarship from the European Union, Science Academies fellowship, Indian National Academy of Engineering fellowship, INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship and Outstanding Publication Award from Government of Karnataka. His research interests include Paper and Thread Microfluidics, DIY-based Detection of Adulterants, and Light-Controlled Biology and Biosensors. He is also the Co-ordinator for the Centre for Microfluidics, Biomarkers, Photoceutics, and Sensors (uBioPS), Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Currently, he is heading a multi-disciplinary research group on Microfluidics, Sensors, and Diagnostics, encompassing Research Associates and Undergraduate students. He has received funding of over from MACID, VGST, ICMR, DST SERB, and Reckitt. He has around 32 publications in reputed Q1 & Q2 journals and filed four patents. He has been serving as a Reviewer in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, RSC Analytical Methods, Advanced Functional Materials, Microchemical, Cellulose, and other reputed journals. He also acts as a Reviewer for evaluating proposals in DST SERB.
