Saoni Banerji

Saoni Banerji is a Research Fellow in Microfabrication at the University of Tartu's Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Technology. She has held continuous academic roles since 2018, including postdoctoral research and industry collaborations. Her work focuses on MEMS devices, electroactive polymers, and sensor integration in CMOS technologies.

• University: University of Tartu
• Department: Institute of Technology
• Roles: Research Fellow (Microfabrication), Senior MEMS Designer (OQmented)

Education includes a PhD in Electronics Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2017), and master's and bachelor's degrees from Nanyang Technological University and India.

Research interests span MEMS design, wearable sensors, electroactive polymers for medical applications, and sensor-ASIC integration. She has contributed to projects like microscale electroactive polymer actuators and embodied intelligence measurement systems.

Publications emphasize plant wearable sensors, carbon fiber sensitivity, and neural network hardware for robotics. Awards include top IEEE Sensors papers (2018) and scholarships from Catalan and Singaporean institutions.

Supervised PhD student Oleksandr Syzoniuk on CMOS image sensors for medical diagnostics. Key grants include €1.3M for microscale electroactive polymer research (2021–2025).