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Degrees:

• Ph. D in Polymer Physics, University Department of Chemical Technology (U.D.C.T.), University of Bombay (India), November 2001.
• M. Sc. in Polymer Physics, Institute of Science, University of Bombay (India), December 1997.
• B. Sc. in Physics and Electronics Instrumentation University of Bombay (India), April 1994.

Research areas:

• MEMS
• BioMEMS
• Nanotechnology
• polymeric biofluidic-transdermal microsystems
• micro-sensors
• conducting polymers
• polymeric LED
• rechargeable batteries

Research Experience:

Professor Gadre's research centers around micro-electro-mechanical Systems (MEMS), including novel process integration techniques for polymeric BioMEMS technology. Gadre also works on fabrication and characterization of polymeric biofluidic-transdermal microsystems and the development of polymeric micro-sensors for real time glucose and lactate monitoring using enzymatic detection techniques. His research interests also involve in the area of various biomedical applications such as development of non invasive nanoscale drug delivery systems, cell transfection microdevices.

Gadre's group also focuses on conducting polymers, in particular the synthesis of conducting/insulating polymeric composites using chemical, electrochemical and plasma polymerization techniques and the application of these polymeric composites as chemical and biological sensors, polymeric LED, and polymeric rechargeable batteries.

Finally, Gadre also conducts research on the modification of conducting polymeric/textile micro fibers using chemical and electrochemical polymerization techniques for improving properties and studying the structure - property co relationship using FTIR, SEM and WAXD spectroscopy.

Recent Journal Publications:

D. S. Kelkar and A.P. Gadre
Structural and optical properties of iodine doped PMMA films
J. of Appl. Polym. Sci.  1998, 7, pp 1627-1631

N.V.Bhat,  A. P.Gadre, and V.A.Bambole
Structural, mechanical and electrical properties of electropolymerized polypyrrole composite films
J. of Appl. Polym. Sci  2000

A.P. Gadre, N.V.Bhat and V.A.Bambole
Investigation of electropolymerized polypyrrole composite film: characterization and application to gas sensors
J. of Appl. Polym. Sci 2003, 88, 22-29

Li-Qun Wu, Anand P. Gadre, Hyunmin Yi, Mark J. Kastantin, Gary W. Rubloff, William E. Bentley, Gregory F. Payne, and Reza Ghodssi
Voltage dependent assembly of the polysaccharide chitosan on to an electrode surface
Langmuir, 2002, 18, 8620-8625

Anand P. Gadre, Mark J. Kastantine, Sheng Li, and Reza Ghodssi
An integrated MEMS fabrication technology: Development and characterization
Sensors and Materials, 2003, 15 No.6, 295-311

A.P. Gadre, A. J. Nijdam, J. A. Garra, A. H. Monica, M. C. Cheng, C. Luo, Y. N. Srivastava, T.W. Schneider, T. J. Long, R. C. White, M. Paranjape, J. F. Currie
Fabrication of a fluid encapsulated dermal patch using multi-layered SU-8
Sensors and Actuators A, 2004, 114, 478-485

M.C. Cheng, A.P. Gadre, J.A. Garra, A.J. Nijdam, C. Luo, T.W. Schneider, R.C. White, J.F. Currie, M. Paranjape
Dry release of polymer structures with anti-sticking layer
J.Vac.Sci.Technol.A, 2004, 22.3, 837

Y. N. Srivastava, A.P. Gadre, T. Hylton, A. Monica, M. Paranjape and J. F. Currie
A Polymethylmethacrylate Membrane for Fluid Encapsulation and Release in Micro-fluidic Systems
Accepted in J. of Vac. Sci and Tech. A, (JVST) May/June, 2004

A.J. Nijdam, A.H. Monica, A.P. Gadre, J.A. Garra, T.J. Long, C. Luo, M-C. Cheng, T.W. Schneider, R.C. White, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie
Fluidic encapsulation in SU-8 m- reservoirs with m-fluidic through-chip channels
Accepted in Sensors and Actuators 2004