Anitha Devadoss is an Assistant Professor at Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering (IB3) at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Anitha received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from School of Chemical Sciences, Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Ireland in 2011. Before taking up her first academic position in 2022, She had several post doctoral research experience including a Brain-Korea-21 postdoctoral fellow at Hanyang University, South Korea (2011-2013), a postdoctoral researcher at Tokyo University of Science, Japan (2014-2015), a Research officer at Swansea University (2015-2017), Ser Cymru II MSCA COFUND Research fellow at Swansea University, which is funded by European Commission and Welsh Government under ERDF (2017-2021) and a senior Scientist at Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM), Edinburgh. Anitha’s research focuses on developing nanomaterial platforms and signal amplification strategies for early point-of-care biosensors with a particular interest in the transduction science including BioFETs, Electrochemical, Electrochemiluminescence, & Photoelectrochemical sensors. Anitha’s research interest includes: Synthesis of Nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanofibers, nanotubes) Surface functionalisation Biosensor development Nanomaterials safety Workplace safety Electrochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry Metal Enhanced Fluorescence