Vyas Akondi
Vyas Akondi
Dr. Vyas Akondi
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur
Vyas Akondi, an Assistant Professor of Physical Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur since August 2022, earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Science in 2012. He subsequently held postdoctoral positions at University College Dublin and Instituto de Optica in Madrid and served as a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University until July 2022. Currently leading a research group, Dr. Akondi specializes in advancing adaptive optics technology. His work primarily focuses on developing cutting-edge adaptive optics ocular devices for clinical applications in ophthalmology, aiming to enable early disease diagnosis, management, and the evolution of new therapies and vision correction strategies. Additionally, his research explores using adaptive optics in microscopy to analyze structural and functional changes in biological samples at the microscale. Dr. Akondi is a senior member of Optica and a lifetime member of SPIE.
PHY 430 Introduction to Fourier Optics
CDS 201 Introduction to MATLAB for scientists
Best poster award for BS-MS student Likhith Pampana at CSDAB-2023 conference (November 21-24, 2023), IISER Berhampur for his work, “Demonstration of defocus estimation using deep neural networks and simulated Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor images,” by L. Pampana, S. Sangiri, and V. Akondi.
The 2021 article, “Dynamic wavefront distortion in resonant scanners” was selected as the Editor’s pick in Applied Optics journal. DOI: 10.1364/AO.443972.
Qualcomm Distinguished Poster Award at the SCIEN Industry Affiliates Meeting, Stanford University, 20 November 2020, for the poster titled, “Image degradation due to dynamic wavefront distortion in resonant scanners.”
Elected as a Senior Optical Society of America (OSA) member in June 2019.
Outstanding Reviewer - 2016, Optica Publishing Group.
Recipient of the 2014 M+Visión Advanced Fellowship (2014-2017) in Translational Biomedical Imaging (EU COFUND under FP7 - Marie Curie actions) by the Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium.
Recipient of the 2011 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Travel Grant, in recognition of research excellence in the areas of optical engineering, lens design and illumination design, conferred by Optical Research Associates and OSA Foundation.