Dr. Saakshi Dhanekar, PhD
Saakshi works in the development of gas- and bio-sensors based on nanomaterials, heterostructures and MEMS. Prior to joining IIT Jodhpur, she had worked as SERB Research Scientist and INSPIRE Faculty at Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Centre for Applied Research in Electronics (CARE), IIT Delhi respectively from 2013-2019. She was working as Assistant Professor at Department of Electrical Engg, IIT Jodhpur from Sept. 2019-June 2023.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Electrical Engineering,
IIT Jodhpur
RECENT NEWS
Office:
Room #306, Dept. of EE
Tel 0291-280-1373
Email: saakshi@iitj.ac.in
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IIT Jodhpur, NH 65, Surpura Bypass Rd, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030
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Lab:
Room #220
Dept. of Electrical Engg., IIT Jodhpur
OPEN POSITIONS - I am looking for hard working and enthusiastic students who want to work in the field of sensors, IoT, data analytics for sensor array or MEMS field. Please send me an email if you are interested in joining the team.
Adcom members, IEEE Sensors Council, 30th Oct at Vienna, Austria during IEEE Sensors 2023.
Farewell to EE students of Biosensors - BTech 2023
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COLLABORATORS
IIT Delhi
EE, IIT Jodhpur
BSBE, IIT Jodhpur
Toyo University, Japan
Northeastern University, USA
SPONSORS
DST
SERB
BIRAC, DBT
RECENT ARTICLES (2022-25)
TiO2/PSi Heterostructure Based Multi-wavelength Photodetector System for AIoT Applications
VK Chalka, M. Singh, N. Vadera, P. Shrivastava, U. Giridhar, R. Banerjee, S. Dhanekar*, K. Rangra
IEEE Internet of Things (accepted)
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A review on Breast Cancer Diagnostic Techniques
Parikshana Mathur, S. Dhanekar, BD Malhotra
Sensors and Diagnostics Journal (accepted)
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Classification and Prediction of VOCs Using an IoT-Enabled Electronic Nose System-Based Lab Prototype for Breath Sensing Applications
N. Vadera, S. Dhanekar*
ACS Sensors, vol. 10, 2024, pp. 439-447
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Rapid and Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of Escherichia coli in water using Cr-Au IDE-Porous Silicon Sensor
VK Chalka, K. Rangra, S. Dhanekar*
IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 9, Dec 2024, pp. 4500504
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Graphene oxide modified screen printed electrodes based sensor for rapid detection of E. coli in potable water
V. Chalka, K. Maheshwari, M. Chhabra, K. Rangra, S. Dhanekar*
Microchemical Journal, vol. 207, 2024, pp. 112041.
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A Lab Prototype for Rapid Electrochemical Detection of Escherichia coli in Water using Modified Screen Printed Electrodes
V. Chalka, A. Mishra, M. Chhabra, K. Rangra, S. Dhanekar*
ACS Applied Biomaterials, vol. 7, 2024, pp. 7269-7279
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Demonstration of Intelligent Sensing by Nanosensors and use of Classification and Regression Models for Electronic Nose Applications
P. Divyashree, Haider Ali Quadri and Priyanka Dwivedi and Saakshi Dhanekar*, 2024
IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 24, pp. 35423-35428
Graphene Oxide based Sensor for Human Breath Monitoring
N. Vadera and S. Dhanekar*, 2023
IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 1-4, Dec. 2023
(doi: 10.1109/LSENS.2023.3330796)
VOC Detection by MEMS Sensor with Readout Circuit
Vandana K Chalka, Megha Chauhan, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Kamaljit Rangra
(https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10040045)
Rapid Detection of Escherichia Coli Using Graphene Oxide Based Electrochemical Sensor Chip
V. K. Chalka, A. Mishra, K. Maheshwari, M. Chhabra, S. Dhanekar*, K. Rangra
Presented at IEEE Sensors 2023, Vienna, Austria 29 Oct- 01 Nov 2023