Mohit Verma

Mohit Verma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University, with research affiliations in Biological Engineering, Data Science and Digital Agriculture, and Food/Pharmaceutical/Biological Process Engineering. His work focuses on engineering microbiomes, field-deployable microfluidic biosensors, in vitro host-microbiome models, and soft materials.

Research Interests
Dr. Verma’s research bridges

• Biological engineering for microbiome manipulation
• Development of paper-based biosensors for health diagnostics
• Soft robotics applications in gastrointestinal tract analysis
• Ecological rules governing microbial communities

Publication Trends
His recent work emphasizes biosensor development for pathogen detection in agricultural settings, microbiome engineering for disease prevention, and soft robotics for in vivo sampling, with interdisciplinary connections to molecular biology and nanotechnology.