Department
Physics
Designation
Asst. Professor
Qualifications
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Telephone
+91 8555 287235
Professional Pages
Dr. Aditya Kurdekar specialises in nanomaterials and nanophotonics, exploring how light interacts with materials at the nanoscale to develop sensitive optical platforms for biomedical sensing, diagnostics and precision measurement.
He holds a Ph.D. in Nanoscience (2017) and an M.Sc. in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2014), both from SSSIHL. His research experience spans more than a decade across SSSIHL, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (USFDA/CBER), where he was an ORISE Research Fellow. His work in nanomaterial-based biosensing and point-of-care diagnostics includes contributions to clinically validated portable diagnostic technologies for COVID-19, HCV and dengue.
His current research focuses on nanophotonics and quantum-enabled sensing, including nonlinear optical phenomena, plasmonic and hybrid nanostructures, and quantum nanomaterials. He investigates how nanoscale and quantum optical effects can improve sensing sensitivity and precision, with the aim of translating these advances into practical diagnostic and metrology platforms.
Areas of Teaching
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Materials Science, Computational Quantum Mechanics
Research Interests
Nanoparticle and nanocluster immunoassays using gold, silver, copper and carbon-dot systems for ultrasensitive detection across HIV subtypes
Magnetic nanomaterials for clinical cell counting
Nonlinear optical nanomaterials, SERS-based sensing and plasmonic signal amplification
Femtosecond-laser-micromachined microfluidic chips for on-chip and label-free biosensing
Quantum nanomaterials and quantum-enhanced sensing for diagnostics and metrology
Molecular simulations of nanoparticle–biomatrix interactions
Neurological biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases
Scalable, clinically validated point-of-care diagnostic platforms
Awards & Recognitions
DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.(2023-present)
DST INSPIRE Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (2014–2017).
ORISE Research Fellowship, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), USA.(2017)
Prof. G. Venkataraman Gold Medal, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning for outstanding performance in M.Sc. programme in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. (2014)
Best Poster Award, International Conference on Frontiers in Materials Engineering (ICFME 2022), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore.
MRS Best Poster Award, International Conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience, Technology and Applications (FINSTA 2014), SSSIHL.
Professional Bodies & Research Groups
Member, Society for Materials Chemistry, India (SMC-India)
Member, Instrument Society of India (ISoI)
Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)