Prabhakar Pradhan
Associate Professor, AMO Physics
330A/B Hilbun Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
- (662) 325-6626
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Dr. Prabhakar Pradhan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Mississippi State University.
Graduate Students
- Binod Regmi, PhD TBD
- Shirsendu Nanda, 2019 MS, PhD TBD
- Mehedi Hasan, MS TBD
- Fatemah Alharthi, 2018 MS, PhD TBD
- Prakash Adhikari, 2017 MS, PhD TBD
Teaching Areas
- PH 8313 Electromagnetic Theory I
- PH 8323 Electromagnetic Theory II
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
- 2023-present: Associate Professor, Mississippi State University
- 2018-2023: 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, University of California at Los Angeles
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). Click here to view
Publication Impact Google Scholar
| 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 |
Recent Publications
- S. Bhandari, P. Shukla, H. M. Almabadi, P. Sahay, R.K. Rao and P. Pradhan, “Optical study of stress hormone-induced nanoscale structural alteration in brain using partial wave spectroscopic (PWS) microscopy,” Journal of Biophotonics (2018)
- S. Bhandari, S. Choudannavar, E. R. Avery, P. Sahay and P. Pradhan, “Detection of colon cancer stages via fractal dimension analysis of optical transmission imaging of tissue microarrays (TMA).” Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 4(6), 065020 (2018).
- H. M. Almabadi, P. Nagesh, P. Sahay, S. Bhandari, E. C. Eckstein, M. Jaggi, S. C. Chauhan, M Yallapu and P Pradhan, “Optical study of chemotherapy efficiency in cancer treatment via intracellular structural disorder analysis using partial wave spectroscopy,” Journal of Biophotonics (2018): e201800056.
- P. Sahay, A. Ganju, H. M. Almabadi, H.M. Ghimire, M. M. Yallapu, O. Skalli, M. Jaggi, S.C. Chauhan, and P. Pradhan, “Quantification of photonic localization properties of targeted nuclear mass density variations: application in cancer stage detection.” Journal of Biophotonics, (2017): e201700257. https://physicsworld.com/a/photonic-technique-eases-cancer-staging/
- P. Sahay, H. M. Almabadi, H.M. Ghimire, O. Skalli, and P. Pradhan,"Light localization properties of weakly disordered optical media using confocal microscopy: application to cancer detection," Optics Express 13, 15428-15440 (2017). https://www.osapublishing.org/spotlight/summary.cfm?URI=oe-25-13-15428
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
