Dr. Prabhu Arumugam is an Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Mechanical
Engineering program at Louisiana Tech University. His research focuses on integrating
advanced materials and materials processing techniques into multifunctional microelectrochemical
sensors, electrodes and devices for neurochemical and biological sensing, wastewater
remediation and pathogen detection and single cell probing. After receiving his PhD
degree from University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, he performed postdoctoral training
in University Affiliated Research Center at NASA Ames Research Center, California,
developing carbon nanotube-based biosensors. He was a Senior Research Scientist at
Advanced Diamond Technologies, a spin-off from Argonne National Laboratory, where
he commercialized ultrananocrystalline diamond-enabled electrochemical microarray
sensors and mixed oxidant and ozone generators. He initiated and managed several collaborative
research projects by securing research funding from various national agencies and
industry. He serves as a science advisor to startups and founded a startup to provide
electrochemical technology solutions to industry. He has published 29 peer-reviewed
articles and 2 book chapters, received five patents and presented the research findings
in numerous national and international conferences. More information can be obtained
at
https://amrllab2019.wixsite.com/website-1.
