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Dr. Vyas Akondi

Assistant Professor

Physical Sciences

vakondi@iiserbpr.ac.in

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Academic Background

  • Ph.D. (2012), IISc Bangalore, India

  • M.Sc. Physics (2006), SSSIHL, India

  • B.Sc. Physics Hons., (2004), SSSIHL, India

Professional Experience 

  • Assistant Professor (2022 - Present), IISER Berhampur, India

  • Senior Research Scientist (2018 - 2022), Stanford University, USA

  • Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2014 - 2018), Instituto de Óptica "Daza de Valdés" (IO-CSIC), Spain

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2012 - 2014), University College Dublin, Ireland

Awards and Memberships

  • Senior Member, Optica

  • Life Member, SPIE

  • Life Member, Optical Society of India

  • Life Member, Indian Eye Research Group (ARVO-India)

  • Qualcomm Distinguished Poster Award, SCIEN Industry Affiliates Meeting, Stanford University, 2020

  • Outstanding Reviewer Recognition Award, OSA, 2016

  • Advanced M+Vision Fellowship in Translational Biomedical Imaging (EU COFUND under FP7 - Marie Curie actions), 2014-2017

  • OSA Foundation Student travel grant, Toronto, Canada, 2011

  • CSIR foreign travel grant, 2011

  • Silver medal in the best paper category, ACEEE, 2011

  • SPIE student travel grant, SPIE Photonics West San Francisco, USA, 2011

  • JN Sapru Scholarship and gold medal, 12th standard (2001)

Research Interests

  • Wavefront Sensing

  • Adaptive Optics

  • Ophthalmic Imaging

  • Visual Optics

  • Microscopy

Research Group

  • Mr. Suman Sangiri, Ph.D. student

  • Mr. Paresh Kumar Sahoo, Ph.D. student

  • Dr. Akash Kumar Tarai, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Biography

****1 Postdoctoral Position and 1 Ph.D. position available in Group****

Dr. Vyas Akondi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at IISER Berhampur, specializing in the field of applied optics. His research is focused on wavefront sensing, adaptive optics, and advanced optical imaging techniques. He is particularly interested in the development and application of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors and adaptive optics systems, with applications ranging from ophthalmology to microscopy. Dr. Akondi's lab is currently engaged in several significant projects, including a SERB-funded initiative to design an adaptive optics structured illumination microscope. He is keen to expand his research team and is looking for enthusiastic researchers to join him in advancing these cutting-edge projects.

Research Projects

  • SERB SRG grant (SRG/2023/001000), AO structured illumination microscopy (INR 32,45,330)

Key Publications

Contact Details

Full Name

Vyas Akondi


Email

vakondi@iiserbpr.ac.in


Address

IISER Berhampur


Personal Website

https://sites.google.com/iiserbpr.ac.in/akondilab/home