Atulit Dasaratha
Mechanical Engineering PhD student at UC Berkeley, co-advised by Prof. Hayden Taylor and Prof. Lining Yao. I develop microscale platforms to decode and control biological transport, with the aim of advancing both sustainable agriculture and human health.
Open to Spring and Summer 2027 engineering internships.
About
Hi, I’m Atulit. Thanks for stopping by my bit of digital real estate!
I am a Mechanical Engineering PhD student, co-advised by Prof. Hayden Taylor and Prof. Lining Yao since 2024. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London and spent a year working at a start-up that designs protein based biodegradable synthetic textile fibres for the textile industry before starting graduate school.
My research spans two key thrusts: additively manufacturing nanocarrier embedded hydrogel microenvironments for phytohormone delivery in hydroponic systems, and engineering instrumented organoid devices for cytokine signal reconstruction during immunotherapy.
Outside the lab, I enjoy rock climbing, playing squash, and pretending to be a barista. Feel free to get in touch for a chat!
Experience
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Design for Nanomanufacturing Lab, UC Berkeley
2024 – present
Mechanical Engineer
2023 – 2024
Faraday Institution Summer Intern (FUSE)
IONETIC & Electrochemical Science and Engineering, Imperial College London
2023
Research Assistant
HEAD Lab, Imperial College London
2021 – 2022
Medical Device Engineering Intern
2021 – 2022
Education
MS/PhD, Mechanical Engineering (Materials)
University of California, Berkeley
2024 – present
Advised by Prof. Hayden Taylor and Prof. Lining Yao
BEng, Mechanical Engineering with a Year in Industry
Imperial College London
2019 – 2023
First Class Honours
Research
News
- 2026Gave a talk on the root-on-chip at the UC MRPI Annual Meeting, UC Riverside.
- 2026Received the Hearts to Humanity Eternal (H2H8) Graduate Research Grant.
- 2024Awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
- 2024Started my PhD at UC Berkeley.