Dr. G.V. Pavan Kumar
Professor,
Department of Physics,
h-cross, Experimental Physics Building,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
Pune, Maharashtra - 411008, India
e-mail: pavan[at]iiserpune.ac.in
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Research Interests: Optics, Soft Matter; History & Philosophy of Science
Keywords: Optically-induced forces, Optical trapping & assembly, Optothermal tweezers, Structured light, Scattering, Brownian motion, Momentum-space imaging.
In my research group, we study the interaction of light with soft matter from a photonic-force viewpoint.
Until now, I have supervised 11 PhD theses, 12 MS theses, a few post-docs and several undergraduate students at IISER Pune (see my group members - past and present). I continue to learn a lot from them.
Another strand of my research is the history and philosophy of science. I am interested in the historical and philosophical evolution of ideas and tools in the physical sciences and technology. I research the intellectual history of past scientists, innovators, and people driven by curiosity, and I write about them from an Indian and Asian perspective. My motivation is to humanize science.
See our publications sorted by topics / r-chronology.
On my blog, you will find my writings, including podcasts that I write and create as part of my research.
Updated : 10th March 2025