Madhavi Krishnan

Madhavi Krishnan
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Anna University
AwardsCorday-Morgan Prize
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
TU Dresden
ETH Zurich
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
ThesisInnovations in DNA analysis device technology : exploiting the effects of scale (2004)

Madhavi Krishnan is a British chemist who is Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Krishnan invented an electrostatic fluidic trap which permits the spatial control and manipulation of nanoscale materials. These traps can permit the sensitive detection of biomarkers of disease, allowing for early diagnosis.