Dr. Goel has a deep passion for fundamental science, especially elucidating the physics of living systems at the nanoscale. Her work in applied science harnesses these fundamental insights to develop nanotechnology platforms such as those for portable disease detection and nanosystems for novel energy harvesting and biocomputing applications. Dr. Anita Goel, MD, PhD, founded Nanobiosym as an R&D innovation engine and hi-tech incubator at the convergence of physics, nanotechnology and biomedicine. She is also piloting a global initiative to build innovative public-private partnerships with academic, commercial, global thought leaders and NGO’s, to collectively harness innovations at this convergence  to sustainably address some of the world’s most pressing needs in healthcare, energy, and the environment.

Research Interests

Fundamental Science

Elucidate the physics of living systems, specifically at the nanoscale:

• Develop novel conceptual frameworks and theoretical models to describe molecular nanomachines: the dynamics, energy transduction, and coupling to their environment
• Experimentally probe the single molecule dynamics of molecular machines that read/write DNA
• Demonstrate precision control of nanomotors that read/write DNA
• Develop nanoscale techniques to precision control nanomachines and harness them for nanomanufacturing
• Quantum Mechanics: foundations and its role in life
• Foundations of Physics: physics of life, information, and consciousness

Applied Science via Nanobiosym Research Institute (Privately held, independent R&D institute)

Develop next-generation nano-enabled platforms for:

• Pathogen detection, including biosensors and biosurveillance systems
• Nanoscale diagnostic kits for molecular biology and clinical medicine
• Nanoscale drug discovery platforms to accelerate drug discovery and development
• Rapid detection and response capabilities to public health outbreaks
• Nanobio computing architectures, including quantum information processing by nanomachines
• Energy harvesting, including ultra efficient nanobio power generators

Awards

Professorships, Fellowships, & Visiting Faculty Lectures

Recent Advisory Positions

Global Conferences

Selected Publications