Poster #13 - Sammy Datwani

Labcyte, United States

Biography

Dr. Datwani joined Labcyte Inc., in 2007 and is responsible for leading research and developments for new products in the arena of acoustic droplet ejection. His interests are in the areas of leveraging microfluidics and liquid handling for advancing precision medicine, microbiome research, cancer research, single cell applications and novel detection technologies. Dr. Datwani has over twenty years of experience directing, managing, inventing and applying cutting edge research and developments in both industry & academia. Prior to Labcyte Inc., Sammy was a senior scientist and the advanced technologies group manager at Eksigent Technologies, LLC (Danaher Corp.) where he led the technical development for an integrated high-performance liquid chromatography on a chip. From 2000 – 2003, Sammy held the position of R&D engineer in the Advanced Technology Group at Caliper Life Sciences (Perkin Elmer) and spearheaded the development of the several LabChip devices leveraging microfluidics and new technologies. Sammy holds several pending and issued patents and has co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications in journals and books. Since 2011, Dr. Datwani has held an appointment as a professor in the Department of Biomedical, Chemical & Materials Engineering at San Jose State University. Recently, Dr. Datwani was inducted into the 2018 College of Fellows (COF) of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE).