About
Sanjiv Sharma is currently a Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance in the David Price Evans Global Health and Infectious Diseases Group at the University of Liverpool's Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics within the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Higher Education Academy.
He trained as a chemist, holding degrees from Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar, India, and completed his PhD as part of an Indo-European Communities Joint research project in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam and the Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), India. His research focuses on the development of innovative biosensing and diagnostic technologies, particularly subdermal wearable biosensors, point-of-care devices, and microfluidic diagnostics. He has made significant contributions to the fields of electrochemical biosensors, lab-on-a-chip systems, and transdermal drug and vaccine delivery devices.
He has been instrumental in pioneering low-cost, transdermal biosensing devices, successfully advancing them from the lab to clinical settings. His work has garnered over 3000 citations, with an h-index of 24, and he has published over 85 research articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters. His contributions to biomedical engineering have been recognized through various honors, including the Chevening Technology Fellowship from the British Foreign Office and his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
In addition to his academic research, he has been actively involved in several Research Council Committees and has collaborated with various industry partners, including his role as Principal Investigator on multiple high-profile grants. His work has been featured in media outlets such as the BBC, highlighting the impact of his research on public health.
He is also a member of the Royal Society’s Newton International Fellowships Committee and the UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College, and has held visiting academic positions, further underscoring his commitment to advancing research and innovation in his field.