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Pradeep Kumar, Ph.D.
Lecturer Email: [email protected]

MSCS, University of Wisconsin – Stout,
Menomonie, WI, 54751
EDUCATION
2013 Ph.D., Engineering Physics,
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan (USA)
2005 M.Tech., Laser Science and Applications,
Devi Ahilya University, Indore (India)
2003 M.S., Physics, University of Delhi, Delhi (India)
2001 B.S., Physics (Honors), University of Delhi, Delhi (India)
2018 Certificate in Fundamentals of Online Teaching, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison
EMPLOYMENT
08/2018 – Present Lecturer, MSCS, University of Wisconsin-Stout
02/2018-08/2018 Assistant Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2013-01/2018 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2008-2012 Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan Technological University
2006-2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Michigan Technological University
2005-2006 Senior Project Associate, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, India
SUMMARY OF SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

o PUBLICATIONS: 6 peer-reviewed journal articles, 1 US patent, 1 book chapter, 15
conference presentations.
o GRANT WRITING: Contributed in writing National Science Foundation (NSF) and Air
Force Research Lab project proposals, and NSF annual progress reports.
o REVIEWER: PRL, PRA, PRB, Optics Letters, Optics Express, Optics Materials Express,
JOSA B, Applied Optics, and IEEE Trans. Appl. Superconductivity
o AFFILIATIONS: American Physical Society (APS), Optical Society of America (OSA),
Optical Society of India (OSI), Indian Laser Association (ILA)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Department of Physics, Michigan Tech. University [2006-2008]
o Instructed about 80-90 undergraduate students weekly during the Introductory Physics
Laboratories (Mechanics, Optics)
o Lead Teaching Assistant (TA) for Optics laboratory (Fall 2007)
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Responsibilities: guiding the fellow TAs in smoothly running the labs, leading weekly TA
meetings, preparing labs for experiment
o Graduate Assistant (Spring 2011)
Responsibilities: grading homework and exams for the graduate course on Classical
Mechanics
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
I. Postdoctoral Research Associate [01/2013 – Present]
Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Project: “Investigation of Low Frequency Magnetic Flux Noise in Superconducting Devices”
PI: Professor Robert McDermott
II. Graduate Research Assistant [01/2008 - 12/2012]

Department of Physics, Michigan Tech. University
Dissertation: “Nonlinear effects in magnetic garnet films and nonreciprocal optical Bloch
oscillations in waveguide arrays”
PI: Professor Miguel Levy
III. Senior Project Associate [07/2005 - 07/2006]

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India)
Project: “Development of a green laser based on single crystal fiber”
PI: Dr. Bansi Lal
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Micro-fabrication
Metrology
Cryogenics and Ultra High Vacuum
Optics, Photonics
Experiment Design/Measurement/Analysis
AWARDS/HONORS
o 2015 Invention disclosure adjudged among the six finalists (out of 380+) for the
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Innovation Award-2015
o 2012 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Fall 2012, Michigan Tech. University
o 2012 Doctoral finishing fellowship, Fall 2012, Graduate School, Michigan Tech.
University
o 2005 Best paper award (adjudged among the best seven papers) at National
Symposium on Crystal Growth of Laser Related Materials, Dec 19-20, 2005, Kalvakkam,
TN, India
PATENT
v R. McDermott, P. Kumar, U.S. patent number US9437800 B1 (09/2016) “Systems and
methods for suppressing magnetically active surface defects in superconducting circuits”
PUBLICATIONS:
v PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. P. Kumar, S. Sendelbach, M. Beck, J. Freeland, Z. Wang, H. Wang, C. Yu, R. Wu, D.
Pappas, and R. McDermott, “Origin and Reduction of 1/f Magnetic Flux Noise in
Superconducting Devices”, Physical Review Applied 6, 041001, (2016) [Letter, Editor’s
Suggestion].
2. R. El-Ganainy, P. Kumar, and M. Levy, “On-chip optical isolation based on nonreciprocal
resonant delocalization effects”, Optics Letters Vol. 38, Issue 1, page 61-63 (2013)
3. P. Kumar and M. Levy, “On-chip optical isolation via unidirectional Bloch oscillations in a
waveguide array”, Optics Letters Vol. 37, Issue 18, page 3762-3764 (2012)
4. P. Kumar and M. Levy, “Unidirectional optical Bloch oscillations in asymmetric waveguide
arrays”, Optics Letters Vol. 36, Issue 22, page 4359-4361 (2011)
5. M. Levy and P. Kumar, “Nonreciprocal Bloch oscillations in magneto-optic waveguide
arrays,” Optics Letters Vol. 35, Issue 18, page 3147-3149 (2010)
6. P. Kumar, A. I. Maydykovskiy, M. Levy, N. V. Dubrovina, O. A. Aktsipetrov, “Second
harmonic generation study of internally-generated strain in bismuth-substituted iron
garnet films”, Optics Express Vol. 18, Issue 2, page 1076-1084 (2010)
v BOOK CHAPTER
M. Levy, A. Chakravarty, P. Kumar, and X. Huang, “Magneto-Photonic Bragg
Waveguides, Waveguide Arrays and Non-reciprocal Bloch Oscillations” in
Magnetophotonics: from theory to applications, Springer Series in Material Science
Volume 178, page 135-161 (2013).
v CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS and PRESENTATIONS

1. P. Kumar and M. Levy, “Nonreciprocal optical Bloch oscillations in garnet/silicon-on-
insulator waveguide arrays”, MRS Proceedings 1291, mrsf10-1291-j02-03, Published
online by Cambridge University Press: 2011
2. P. Kumar and M. Levy, “Unidirectional Optical Bloch Oscillations in Garnet/Silicon-On-
Insulator Waveguide Arrays”, CLEO: Science & Innovation 2012, CTu1A.7, San Jose,
CA, USA, 6-11 May 2012
3. B. Christensen, P. Kumar, JJ Nelson, Y. Liu, A. Ballard, B. Plourde, and R. McDermott,
“Effect of surface treatment on superconducting qubit coherence”, APS March Meeting
2018 (abstract ID X39.00012).
4. P. Kumar, J. Freeland, C. Yu, and R. McDermott, “Suppression of 1/f Noise in DC
SQUIDs”, Applied Superconductivity Conference, Denver, CO, Sep. 4-9, 2016,
presentation ID 2EOr3A-02.
5. P. Kumar, J. Freeland, C. Yu, R. Wu, Z. Wang, H. Wang, C. Shi, D. Pappas, R.

McDermott, “Suppression of 1/f Flux Noise in Superconducting Quantum Circuits”, APS
March Meeting 2016.
6. P. Kumar, M. Beck, J. Freeland, C. Yu, R. Wu, Z. Wang, D. Pappas, and R.
McDermott, “Low frequency magnetic flux noise: role of surface adsorbates”, APS March
Meeting 2015, BAPS.2015.MAR.D39.11.
7. P. Kumar, T. Klaus, A. Puglielli, S. Sendelbach, and R. Mcdermott, “1/f flux noise and
field-dependent spin susceptibility”, APS March Meeting 2014, BAPS.2014.MAR.F28.11.
8. M. Levy and P. Kumar, “Nonreciprocal and unidirectional optical Bloch oscillations”,
IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, July 8-10 (2013),
DOI: 10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614450.
9. N. Dubrovina, P. Kumar, M. Levy, A. I. Maydykovskiy, and O. A. Aktsipetrov, “Influence
of annealing on nonlinear optical response of Bismuth-substituted Iron garnet films”,
Moscow International Symposium on Magnetism (MISM), Aug. 21-25, 2011, ID 22PO-K-
14, MSU, Russia.
10. A.I. Maydykovskiy, N.V. Dubrovina, O.A. Aktsipetrov, P. Kumar, M. Levy, and A.A.
Jalali, “Study of correlation between mismatch and nonlinear optical properties of Bi-
substituted garnet films”, E-MRS symp.-H, Spring meeting June 2009, Strasbourg,
France.

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Pradeep Kumar, Ph.D.

Lecturer Email: [email protected]

SUMMARY OF SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

II. Graduate Research Assistant [01/2008 - 12/2012]

III. Senior Project Associate [07/2005 - 07/2006]

v PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

v CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS and PRESENTATIONS

5. P. Kumar, J. Freeland, C. Yu, R. Wu, Z. Wang, H. Wang, C. Shi, D. Pappas, R.

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