Sushama Agarwalla is a PMRF Fellow and PhD graduate in Chemical Engineering from IIT Hyderabad, specializing in microfluidic platforms for rapid pathogen detection and point-of-care diagnostics. Her work includes developing lab-on-chip systems integrating pathogen capture, acoustofluidic lysis, and PCR-on-chip analysis. Her interests include translational diagnostics, biomedical microsystems, and scalable solutions for infectious disease management.