Dr. Kailasnath M. received his M.Tech. and PhD in Photonics from Cochin University of Science and Technology and a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Texas, USA. He is currently a Professor at International School of Photonics, Dean of the Faculty of Technology, Member of the Senate and the Chairman, Board of Studies in Photonics, CUSAT. He was formerly, the Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. With more than 22 years of experience in UG&PG teaching and research in Photonics, he has successfully supervised 11 PhD students, and published 77 Journal articles and 7 Book chapters. He has undertaken 10 individual research projects worth Rs. 2.51 crore. This includes funding from UGC-UKIERI, DST-FINLAND, DST SERB, ADA, KSCSTE, Erasmus Plus and Industry. A technology on plastic optical fiber fabrication has been transferred to STERLITE optical technologies, Aurangabad. An Indian Patent Application has been submitted in May 27, 2022 for

Optical fibers, Photonic Materials, Random Lasers

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Morphology and concentration-dependent thermal diffusivity of biofunctionalized zinc oxide nanostructures using dual-beam thermal lens technique, Materials Letters, Elsevier Vol. 323, 2022

Biofunctionalized zinc oxide nanoflowers coated textiles for UV protection, Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier 2022

Effect of Au/Ag bimetallic nanoparticles in the lasing characteristics of dye doped microring embedded hollow polymer optical fiber, Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier Vol. 64, 2022

Silver nanowire mediated random lasing in silica cladded dye doped polymer microstructure, Optics Communications, North-Holland Vol. 504, 2022

Structural and optical properties of dysprosium?doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles and the use as a bioimaging probe in human cells, Luminescence, Wiley Analytical Science Vol. 37, 2022

UV induced photocatalytic and antibacterial studies of zinc oxide nanoflowers prepared via casein assisted low-temperature method, Optik, Urban & Fischer Vol. 247, 2021

Shape dependent heat transfer and nonlinear optical limiting characteristics of water stable ZnO nanofluid, Surfaces and Interfaces, Elsevier Vol. 26, 2021

Silver nanoparticle assisted enhanced WGM lasing by silica microresonator, Optics Communications, North-Holland Vol. 494, 2021

Concentration dependent thermo-optical properties and nonlinear optical switching behavior of bimetallic Au-Ag nanoparticles synthesized by femtosecond laser ablation, Optics & Laser Technology, Elsevier Vol. 140, 2021

Effect of pulsed laser irradiation on the thermal diffusivity of bimetallic Au/Ag nanoparticles, Optics and Laser Technology, Elsevier Vol. 139, 2021

A Study of Nonlinear Optical Property of Cadmium Based Quantum Dots with Comparable Particle Size, ICOL 2019, 2021

Measurement of Thermal Diffusivity of Organic Solvents Based ZnO Nanofluids Using Thermal Lens Technique, ICOL 2019, 2021

Synthesis and Optical Characterization of ZnO Nanorods by Simple Solution Method, NPS, 2020, ISP, CUSAT, 2020

“Interaction of gold nanoparticles with common proteins, APS, St.Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, , 2020

A study of nonlinear optical property of Cadmium based quantum dots with comparable particle size, ICOL, 2019, IRDEO, Dehradun, India., 2019

Measurement of thermal diffusivity of organic solvents based ZnO nanofluids using thermal lens technique, ICOL, 2019, IRDEO, Dehradun, India., 2019

Development of a ring cavity-based fibre optic sensor for MR-compatible medical sensing applications, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 499 , 1, 2019

Gold nanoparticles ; Synthesis by nanosecond and femtosecond laser ablation”,, National level Annual Physics Symposium APS 2019, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, 2019

Influence of PVP surfactant on femtosecond laser ablated silver nanoparticles, NLS – 27, RRCAT, Indore,, 2018

Two photon absorption and optical limiting behaviour of colloidal CdTe quantum dots”,, PHOTONICS 2018: International conference on fiber optics and photonics, December 12-15, 2018, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India., 2018

RESEARCH PROJECTS

"Science Popularization Programme ‘Celebration of Year of Light’" (KSCSTE- 2015 -2016 , Total outlay Rs.200000)

"Erasmus Plus International  mobility program with University of Gothenburg, Sweden" (European Union- 2015 -2017 , Total outlay Rs.2400000)

"Development of optical fiber based devices for sensing applications" (UGC- UKIERI- 2013 -2015 , Total outlay Rs.2184000)

"Nanomaterials for multipolar nonlinear optics" (DST (Indo- Finnish)- 2011 -2014 , Total outlay Rs.2726000)

"Establishment of new national MEMS design centre" (ADA- 2010 -2013 , Total outlay Rs.1700000)

"Fabrication and characterisation of Polymer optical fibres" (Sterlite Optical Technologies- 2006 -2008 , Total outlay Rs.1000000)

"Photothermal and nonlinear optical characterization of rare earth doped nanoparticles for bioimaging applications" (DST- SERB- 2019 -2022 , Total outlay Rs.3499000)

"Design and development of Au/Ag doped polymer optical fibre laser with enhanced photostability." (SERB EMR- 2018 -2021 , Total outlay Rs.4422000)

"Erasmus-Plus International mobility scheme with University of Gothenburg , Sweden*" (European Union- 2018 -2022 , Total outlay Rs.4800000)