Degree and Employment History: PhD in Engineering, Lund University, Sweden (2018); Research Associate & Research Scientist, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (2018 & 2023); Swedish Research Council International Postdoc & Researcher, California Institute of Technology, USA (2019-2022); Research Scientist, KAUST (since 2023).
Visiting Appointments: Guest Scientist, JPL-Caltech, USA (2023-Present); Guest Scientist, Federal Armed Forces University - Munich, Germany (2022-2023); Adjunct Faculty, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Indore (2019-2022); Guest Scientist, Indian Institute of Science (2019); Visiting PhD student, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (2016-2017).
Selected Awards and Recognitions: Young Scientist Award, International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, IIT Kanpur, India (2023); Most downloaded paper of the year of Nature’s Light: Science and Applications Journal (2023); Adlerbert Research Foundation Grant for Sustainable Research, Sweden (2021); Swedish Research Council International Postdoc Fellowship, Sweden (2018); Paul Einsenklam Travel and Research Award, ILASS-Europe (2013); Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences, India (2011); SPIE-Prism Award, SPIE, USA (2011); VSRP Fellowship, Raman Research Institute (founded by Sir CV Raman), India (2010).
Research Interests: Advanced optical imaging of turbid media, optical system design, structured Illumination, ultrafast imaging, compressive sensing, multispectral imaging and applications, etc.
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