Pulak Nath,
Technical Staff Member, Applied Modern Physics
Dr. Pulak Nath established the Magnetics, Microfluidics, and Miniaturization lab at the Applied Modern Physics Group (P-21), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM. Dr. Nath received his Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) degree in Biomedical Engineering from a joint program offered by the Cleveland Clinic/Cleveland State University. He completed his MS and BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, respectively. His laboratory is involved in developing novel permanent magnets for use in portable NMR and magnetic particle manipulation applications; automated sample preparation for medical diagnostics; droplet microfluidic platforms to study cell-cell interactions; genetically engineered ‘magnetic’ algae for biofuels and bio/nano-product; and a rapid prototyping method to develop complex bioreactors such as organs-on-a-chip. Dr. Nath currently leads the engineering effort for a DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency) funded project focusing on the development of multiple organs on a chip. Their work on the miniaturized tissue-engineered lung (PuLMo) has received an R&D 100 award and FLC (Federal Lab Consortium) Mid-Continent Regional Award in 2016.
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