Biography:
She received a bachelor’s degree in Science from the Department of Microbiology, Calcutta University, India, in 2015, and a master’s degree in Microbiology from the University of Pune India, in 2017. She did her master project on determining the antioxidant and anti-microbial property of Piper cubeba. She is currently enrolled as a PhD researcher in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her work focuses on the microfabrication of Lab-on-a-Chip devices to study the movement of Phytophthora zoospores under the influence of electric fields and to investigate means of stopping their movement.
Title : A step toward preventing Oomycetes infection through the modification of electric fields on a microfluidic device