Pradeesh K, PhD

Pradeesh K, PhD

Associate Professor

Associate Professor of Physics with research experience in photonics, nanophotonics, and energy materials. Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, with international post-doctoral research experience at the University of Southampton (UK) and Rutgers University (USA). Recognized research guide at the University of Calicut.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Physics IIT Delhi, India July 2006 – March 2010 Thesis: Fabrication and photonic applications of low dimensional inorganic-organic hybrid semiconductors Nanophotonics Lab; Supervisor: Prof. G. Vijaya Prakash
  • M.Sc. in Physics 2001 University 2nd Rank

Experience

Associate Professor / Faculty  |  2026 – Present

Govt. College Kasaragod, Kerala, India

Presently working at Govt. College Kasaragod.

Faculty  |  2013 – 2026

Government Victoria College, Palakkad, Kerala, India

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (UGC-Raman Fellow)  |  July 2016 – July 2017

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA

Research focus: Glass sealants for high-temperature batteries.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow  |  Sept 2010 – July 2013

Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK

Research focus: Fabrication of planar glass waveguides for pulsed lasers.

Visiting Researcher (UKIERI Collaborative Project)  |  May–July 2008; May–July 2010

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK & Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK

Two months during each visit.

Publications

  • Surface plasmon-coupled emission modulated by magnetic fields in iron oxide nanostructures OK Nimisha, AP Vijayan, P Kannan, RM AP Optical Materials, 118121, 2026
  • Surface Plasmon Mediated Tunable Rabi Splitting for Polarisation Sensitive Optical Devices A P Vijayan, P Kannan Plasmonics 21 (2), 1873-1882, 2026
  • Fluorescence quenching of fluorescein dye using silver nanoparticles OK Nimisha, K Pradeesh, APR Mary Materials Today: Proceedings 125, 352-356, 2026
  • Dual polarised surface plasmon coupled emission tuning of rhodamine B on SPR metal sensors AP Vijayan, A Sreelakshmi, F Sharin, KR Dhandapani, P Kannan Plasmonics 20 (7), 4919-4930, 2025