Dr. Araci’s background is in optics and microfluidics. He has been developing device technologies for continuous health monitoring for the last 13 years. He has several publications in prominent journals (e.g., Nature Medicine, Advanced Materials Technologies, Lab on a Chip, etc.) and several patents in this area.
He is the founder of Smartlens Inc., a company that develops contact lenses for glaucoma management, and completed a series A funding round in 2023. Dr. Araci’s work on implantable microfluidic intraocular pressure sensors (Nature Medicine, 2014) was featured on several media platforms (e.g., ABC7, Forbes, etc.).
He also designed and fabricated the world’s smallest micromechanical valves for a new technology microfluidic very large-scale integration (mVLSI). The mVLSI technology has led to many continuing studies for the automation of biochemical measurements. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Bioengineering Department at Santa Clara University, which he joined in 2015. He received the prestigious NSF CAREER award in 2021 for his work on human movement-driven capillaric devices for physical rehabilitation management.
(Source: https://www.scu.edu/engineering/faculty/araci-emre/)
