Shuprovo Sarathi Sikder
Research at Rochester Institute of Technology
Shuprovo is a fourth year Chemical Engineering student at RIT. Shuprovo joined the MSB lab in November 2025. He is currently working on a project to achieve particle separation in microfluidic devices.
Academic Background
- BS/MS in Chemical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York (Expected 2027)
Projects
- Non-antiperiodic nonlinear electrophoresis of non-spherical colloidal particles
Journal articles
Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Martinez-Martinez, G.; Sikder, S. S.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H. Free Solution Microfluidic Separations of Particles and Cells with Nonlinear Electrophoresis. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.6c04614
Conference Presentations
- Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Sikder, S. S.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H. Effects of particle shape on nonantiperiodic nonlinear electrophoresis (NANEP), 2026 AES Annual Meeting at SciX, 10/2026, Sparks, NV.
- Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Martinez-Martinez, G.; Sikder, S. S.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H. Nonlinear electrophoretic separations of particles in free solution systems, 2026 AES Annual Meeting at SciX, 10/2026, Sparks, NV.
Hobbies
Reading (usually literary fiction & fantasy, lately reading playscripts), watching movies, and learning piano (trying).

Graphical abstract from Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Martinez-Martinez, G; Sikder, S. S.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H.* Free solution microfluidic separations of particles and cells with nonlinear electrophoresis. Analytical Chemistry, 2026.

Graphical abstract from Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Cobos, R.; Khair, A. S.*; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H.* Nonantiperiodic Nonlinear Electrophoresis of Colloidal Particles. Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97(45), 25265 - 25272.