Team Members

Biography:

Dr. Manob Saikia is the Founder and Director of the Biomedical Sensors & Systems Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Memphis. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at the University of North Florida (2022–2024). A Senior Member of IEEE and Full Member of Sigma Xi, Dr. Saikia holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island (2019), a Master of Science in Bio-Electronics Engineering (2013), and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics (2009). 

Dr. Saikia has established a prolific research record, authoring 111 peer-reviewed publications (77 Journal, 34 Conference) with over 1,123 citations. As a Principal Investigator, he has secured competitive research funding to support his lab's innovations and holds multiple patent disclosures. Deeply committed to student success, he currently advises or has mentored 22 graduate students (5 PhD, 17 MS) and over 39 undergraduate researchers. 

Prior to his faculty appointments, he was a Research Associate at the Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Tufts University (2019–2022). From 2016 to 2019, he served as a Lead Researcher on a major $6M NSF EPSCoR grant at the University of Rhode Island, pioneering wearable neuroimaging technologies. Earlier in his career (2012–2015), he served as a Senior Research Fellow at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc), funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.