Dr. Surjendu Maity is a postdoctoral associate at Duke University School of Medicine, where he specializes in organ-on-a-chip systems, chemical engineering, nanotechnology, and biomedical innovation. His current research, under Prof. Shyni Varghese, focuses on developing in vitro models that simulate aging brain environments to study neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. He also co-leads efforts on vascularized lung tumor organoid-on-a-chip platforms for personalized drug testing and immuno-oncology applications. Previously, Dr. Maity was a postdoctoral fellow at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation in Los Angeles, where he collaborated with Prof. Ali Khademhosseini on pioneering lymph node-on-a-chip systems for cancer vaccine screening and a 3D glioblastoma model for drug resistance studies. He earned his Ph.D. in Nanotechnology from IIT Guwahati, with research on microfluidic-based drug transport, sensing, and delivery. His skill set spans microfabrication, numerical modeling, and advanced biosensor development. Dr. Maity is an inventor on multiple patents related to point-of-care diagnostics and has received the SITARE-GYTI Award from the Government of India. His interdisciplinary work is published in Small, ACS AMI, and Lab on a Chip, and has been featured in Nature India, Times of India, and NDTV.