Sumita Pennathur, Ph.D. Awarded the honor of outstanding faculty in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at UCSB

Frederic Gibou announced on May 19th that Sumita Pennathur, Ph.D., Professor in the Department Mechanical Engineering was awarded the honor of Outstanding Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Professor Pennathur has been a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara since 2007 and CBE Faculty member since 2013. She specializes in the fields of MEMS, nanofludics, and electrokinetics.  Her most significant contributions include: 1) unearthing a novel mechanism for separation and concentration of analytes for bioanalytical applications, 2) developing a label-free detection mechanism for nucleic acids (that has since spun off into a point-of-care diagnostic company), 3) developing commercial medical diagnostic products, 4) building optical and acoustic biosensors and 5) developing revolutionized methods for measuring blood glucose for patients with diabetes. She received her B.S. and M.S. from MIT and PhD. From Stanford University.