Dr. Sonal Padalkar

Sonal Padalkar has completed her PhD from the School of Materials Engineering at Purdue University. Her PhD research work included the fabrication and development of metallic and semiconducting nanowires on a protein template called alpha-synuclein and cellulose templates. The research work generated nine publications and one patent. Further, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Material Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. Here, she worked in the fields of field physics and material characterization. Her work generated five publications and two internal grants. Sonal joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State in August 2014 as an Assistant Professor. Here, her research’s central focus is on material synthesis and development for biosensing and energy-related applications. She has generated 20 publications, 1 patent, and graduated several PhD students. Presently, she holds the position of Associate Teaching Professor and continues her research in the