Dr. Verma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. His research focuses on user-friendly diagnostics, the microbiome, and soft robots. In addition Dr. Verma is the Chief Technology Officer for Krishi, an animal health company developing rapid point of care diagnostics technology.

He completed a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015-2017) at Professor Whitesides’ Laboratory in Harvard University. He received his PhD (as a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar) in Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology) from the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Professor Frank Gu in 2015. He completed his Bachelor of Applied Science in Nanotechnology Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2012.fety programs.