Mukul Sonker
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1001 S McAllister Biodesign C, Office C399E Tempe, AZ 85287-7401
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Mail code: 7401Campus: Tempe
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Interdisciplinary researcher with 10+ expertise in the development of microfluidic devices for healthcare diagnostics, cleanroom management, and hands-on experience in several microfabrication and Bioanalytical techniques with a special focus on microfluidic device design, device fabrication, characterization, method development, analytical testing, data acquisition, processing, and yield enhancements
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Arizona State University, Tempe , USA (2017-2022)
- Ph.D. Biochemistry, Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, UT, USA (2012 – 2017)
- B.S. Pharmacy, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India (2007 – 2011)
Integrated Microfluidics, Droplet Microfluidics, Bio-analytical Chemistry, Solid Phase Extraction, Fluorescence Microscopy, X-ray crystallography, Dielectrophoresis, Microchip Electrophoresis
Doppler, D; Sonker, M. et al. Minimized Sample Consumption for Time-Resolved Serial Crystallography Applied to the Redox Cycle of Human NQO1, bioRxiv, 2024
• Bu, S; Sonker, M. et al. On the Behavior of Sub-Micrometer Polystyrene Beads Subjected to AC Insulator-based Dielectrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 2024
• Doppler, D; Sonker, M. et al. Modular Droplet Injector for Sample Conservation Providing New Structural Insight for the Conformational Heterogeneity in the Disease-Associated NQO1 Enzyme, Lab Chip, 2023
• Koh, D; Sonker, M. et al. Numerical Modeling Reveals Improved Organelle Separation for Dielectrophoretic Ratchet Migration, Electrophoresis, 2023
• Jernigan, R; Sonker, M. et al. Room-temperature structural studies of SARS-CoV-2 protein NendoU with an X-ray free-electron laser, Structure (Cell Press), 2023
• Sonker, M. et al. Electrically stimulated droplet injector for reduced sample consumption in serial crystallography, Biophysical Reports, 2022
• Doppler, D; Sonker, M. et al. Co-flow Injection for Serial Crystallography at X-Ray Free Electron Lasers, J. Appl. Crystallography. 2022
• Ortiz, R; Sonker, M. et al. A Continuous High Throughput Insulator-based Dielectrophoresis Device for Size-based Organelle Separation, Electrophoresis, 2021
• Manna, M; Sonker, M. et al Microfluidic Devices For Membrane Protein Crystallization And Structure Determination, MicroTAS, 2021
• Sonker, M. et al. Surface coating for microfluidics-based biomedical devices, Microfluidic Devices for Biomedical Applications, Microfluidic Devices for Biomedical Applications, Woodhead Publishing, 2021
• Rabbani, M. T; Sonker, M. et al. Carbon Nanotube Dielectrophoresis: Theory and applications, Electrophoresis, 2020
• Rabbani, M. T; Sonker, M. et al. Manipulation of biomolecules using a 3D-printed insulator-based dielectrophoresis device, MicroTAS, 2020
• Nielsen, J. B; Sonker, M. et al. Analysis of Thrombin‐Antithrombin Complex Formation using Microchip Electrophoresis and Mass Spectrometry, Electrophoresis, 2019
• Echelmeier A; Sonker M. et al. Microfluidic Sample Delivery for Serial Crystallography using XFELs, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2019
• Sonker, M. et al. Separation Phenomena in Tailored Micro- and Nanofluidic Environments, Annu. Rev. Anal. Chem., 2019
• Kim, D; Sonker M. et al. Dielectrophoresis: From Molecular to Micrometer Scale Analytes, Anal. Chem., 2019
• Parker, E; Sonker, M. et al. 3D Printed Microfluidic Devices with Immunoaffinity Monoliths for Extraction of Preterm Birth Biomarkers, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2018
• Sonker, M. et al. Electrokinetically Operated Integrated Microfluidic Platform for Immunoaffinity Extraction and Electrophoresis of Preterm Birth Biomarkers, Analyst, 2018
• Nielsen A.V.; Sonker, M. et al. Microchip electrophoresis separation of a panel of preterm birth biomarkers, Electrophoresis, 2018
• Sonker, M., Electrokinetically Operated Integrated Microfluidic Devices for Preterm Birth Biomarker Analysis, PhD Dissertation, 2017
• Sonker, M. et al. Integrated Electrokinetically Driven Microfluidic Devices with pH-Mediated Solid Phase Extraction Coupled to Microchip Electrophoresis for Preterm Birth Biomarkers, Electrophoresis, 2017
• Sonker, M. et al. Recent Advances in Microfluidic Sample Preparation and Separation Techniques for Molecular Biomarker Analysis: A Critical Review, Anal. Chim. Acta, 2017
• Sahore, V.; Sonker, M. et al. Automated Microfluidic Devices Integrating Solid-Phase Extraction, Fluorescent Labeling, and Microchip Electrophoresis for Preterm Birth Biomarker Analysis, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2017
• Sonker, M. et al. On-Chip Fluorescent Labeling using Reversed-phase Monoliths and Microchip Electrophoretic Separations of Selected Preterm Birth Biomarkers, Anal. Methods, 2016
• Knob, R.; Sonker, M. et al. Advances in Monoliths and Related Porous Materials for Microfluidics, Biomicrofluidics, 2016
• Sahore, V.; Sonker, M. et al. Pressure-Actuated Microfluidic Devices for Electrophoretic Separation of Pre-Term Birth Biomarkers, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2016
Outstanding graduating Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, BYU, 2016-17
Roland K. Robins graduate research fellowship, BYU, 2016-17
Review Editor, Frontiers in Chemistry and Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies Journals, 2023- Present
BioXFEL consortium
American Electrophoresis Society