Dr. Paul Kumar Upputuri

SPIE Involvement : Scholarship Committee | Author | Reviewer | Chapter Officer | Volunteer

Dr. Paul is currently a Research Fellow at Harvard University. Before joining HU, he was a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore. Obtained his PhD in Physics (Optics) in 2010 from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference papers, and filed one United States patents. Presented his work in more than 20 scientific conferences in various countries and his work received travel grants and several best paper awards. His research work published in journals like Nano Letters, Optics Letters, Optics Express, Biomedical Optics Express, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, ACS Nano, Nano Research, Advanced Materials, Biomaterials, etc. He serves as a reviewer for more than 10 well-known international journals in optics and biomedical imaging. His areas of expertise include Optics, Photoacoustics, Super-resolution microscopy, Coherent Raman imaging, RGB Inteferometry, Speckle Interferometry. He is an active member of professional societies namely SPIE, OSA, Optics and Photonics Society of Singapore (OPSS), Optical Society of India (OSI) and Indian Laser Association (ILA). His total citations reached ~1800, h-index ~23, and i10 index ~43.

Education / Research experience :
2019 - till : Research fellow, Harvard University, United States
2014 - 2019 : Research fellow, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
2011 - 2013: Research fellow, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
2010 - 2011: Project officer, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
2005 - 2010: PhD in Physics (Optics), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras