Dr Debaditya Choudhury

Debaditya graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) in Physics from St. Edmund’s College, Shillong, India in 2002 and followed it up with an M.Sc in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati in 2005, where his research project focused on the optoelectronic characterisation of amorphous hydrogenated silicon germanium thin-films for photovoltaic applications. After a short spell in teaching, he completed an M.Sc in Forensic Materials with distinction from Heriot-Watt University in 2007, during which he looked into the applications of hyperspectral imaging in trace evidence detection. He was a co-awardee of the Scottish Enterprise Proof of Concept grant in 2007 and spent two years developing a drug detection device aimed for roadside testing. Since January 2010, he is working towards an interdisciplinary PhD within the Nonlinear Optics and Biophotonics groups at Heriot-Watt. His research interest lies in the development of ultrafast laser inscribed optofluidic devices for biomedical and point-of-care sensing applications.