Pramod Kumar

Dr. Pramod KUMAR is a Principal Scientist of Laser Tech. & Quantum Photonics division as well as a Founding Director of Research at QuantLase Laboratory. Being a brilliant physicist and a leading specialist of Laser Technology and Quantum photonics, Dr. Kumar has been utilizing his more than two decades research experience and expertise to explore the opportunities and challenges of bringing emerging Quantum-Enabled Photonics technology for the potential applications in Imaging, communication, computation, precision measurements, healthcare, and life sciences. Recognizing the value of Laser technology for healthcare and medical research, Dr. Kumar championing its innovative research and Invented of the ''Laser-based DPI technology (Diffractive Phase Interferometry)'', a novel advanced imaging technique used to screen and detect COVID-19 infection by examining the tiny blood samples. Dr. Kumar earned his Ph.D. degree in Laser Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India and he then moved to pursue his post-doctoral research at various Universities and research Institutes like Laboratoire Commun de Metrologie in Paris, France, Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, IISER Mohali, Punjab, India Senior Laser Research Staff at Tyndall National Institute and University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Research Fellow at University of Exeter, England, United Kingdom. He started his academic career with the M.Sc (Physics 1997) Degree from C.C.S University, Meerut, India, M. Phil. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee(IIT-R), Roorkee, India and worked as a Research Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B), Mumbai, India. He has been involving in different leadership events especially in originating various international conferences, invited lecturers, and managing well all of them. he was excellent in delivering science communication and successfully presented several talks and delivered invited lecture in various reputed academic institutions like Imperial College London, Cambridge University, Bangor University and Paris Tech, Paris etc. He was invited to visit the Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena California, May 19, 2018. Dr. Kumar is a member of the Optical Society of America, American Institute of Physics, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Physical Society and SPIE America.