Dr. Prabhakar Pradhan

Teaching Areas

• PH8313 Electromagnetic Theory I

Education

• Ph. D., Physics, Indian Institute of Science, India, 1996

• M.S., Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay, and University of Poona (Pune) Joint M.S. Physics National Program, India, 1989

• B.S. Honors, Physics, University of Calcutta, India, 1987

Experience

• 2018-present: Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University

• 2013-2018: Assistant Professor, University of Memphis

• 2009-2013: Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

• 2002-2008: Research Associate, Northwestern University

• 2001-2002: Visiting Research Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• 1999-2001: Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• 1997-1999: Postdoctoral Fellow, the University of California at Los Angeles

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Total number of citations = 1411

Number of articles = 50

h-index = 18

Number of citations to most cited publication = 197

Number of articles cited more than 100 times = 3

Number of articles cited more than 50 times = 7

i10-index = 29

Research Interests

• Biophotonics and Nanophotonics

Patents

• V. Backman, Y. Liu, Y. Kim, H. Roy, M. Goldberg, R. Brand, P. Pradhan, H. Subramanian, "Method for identifying refractive-index fluctuations of a target," 20080278713 (November 13, 2008).

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Honors/Professional Activities

• 2006-present: Ultra-early cancer detection methods

• 1994, 1996: Visiting Fellowships, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy

• 1993-1996: Senior Research Fellowship

• 1991-1993: Junior Research Fellowship

• 1987-1989: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Fellowship for the Joint M.S. Physics National Program