Soumya K Srivastava
Soumya Srivastava has been an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University since 2021. Before joining WVU, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Idaho between 2013-2021 and Assistant Research Professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University between 2010-2013. She obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University in August 2010, her M.S. from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, in 2005, and her B.S. from India in 2001. Her research team leverages on applying microfluidics and electrokinetics to design lab-on-a-chip systems for medical and environmental applications. Her research program is funded by NIH, NSF, NASA-EPSCoR, ACS, and other small seed grants. Her research has been featured in books and journals including Lab on a Chip, Electrophoresis, Applied Physics Reviews, Scientific Reports. She has won many awards, including the Travis Stimeling Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research in 2024, Outstanding Researcher of the Year in 2024, a featured review article in 2019 in Applied Physics Reviews, the NIH Mentee Award in 2016 and 2019, Alumni Award of Excellence in 2015, Innovative Engineering Educator by National Academy of Engineers in 2015, Inclusive Educator Excellence Award by Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) in 2015, most cited article in 2011, and best paper award in 2009.