Kalyan Handique (or Handy as he is known) developed HandyLab's groundbreaking microfluidic technology while working on his doctorate degree at the University of Michigan. Kalyan has five years of experience in the design, microfabrication and testing of microfluidic devices. Handy holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. He, along with HandyLab's Sundaresh Brahmasandra, Ph.D., have co-authored peer-reviewed articles on several core HandyLab technologies that have been published in leading journals and periodicals including Science (1998), Analytical Chemistry (2000), and Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (2001). Biochip Technology, published in 2001, featured a chapter co-written by Handy and Sundu.