Ren, Y., Yang, J., Saito, T., Glomb, O., Kumar, A., Mousavi, S. I., ... & Berro, J. (2025). Genetically encoded mechano-sensors with versatile readouts and compact size. BioRxiv. 

Meijer, M., Öttl, M., Yang, J., Subkhangulova, A., Kumar, A., Feng, Z., ... & Verhage, M. (2024). Tomosyns attenuate SNARE assembly and synaptic depression by binding to VAMP2-containing template complexes. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2652. 

Wang, Y., Jin, P., Kumar, A., Bulkley, D., Jan, L. Y., Cheng, Y., ... & Zhang, Y. (2023). Nonlinear compliance of NompC gating spring and its implication in mechanotransduction. Biophysical Journal, 122(3), 162a. 

Zhang, Y., Ge, J., Bian, X., & Kumar, A. (2022). Quantitative models of lipid transfer and membrane contact formation. Contact, 5, 25152564221096024. 

Kumar, A., Chétrite, R., & Bechhoefer, J. (2022). Anomalous heating in a colloidal system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(5), e2118484119. 

Wang, Y., Kumar, A., Jin, H., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Single-molecule manipulation of macromolecules on GUV or SUV membranes using optical tweezers. Biophysical Journal, 120(24), 5454-5465. 

Bechhoefer, J., Kumar, A., & Chétrite, R. (2021). A fresh understanding of the Mpemba effect. Nature Reviews Physics, 3(8), 534-535. 

Chétrite, R., Kumar, A., & Bechhoefer, J. (2021). The metastable Mpemba effect corresponds to a non-monotonic temperature dependence of extractable work. Frontiers in Physics, 9, 654271. 

Kumar, A., & Bechhoefer, J. (2020). Exponentially faster cooling in a colloidal system. Nature, 584(7819), 64-68. 

Kumar, A., & Bechhoefer, J. (2018). Nanoscale virtual potentials using optical tweezers. Applied Physics Letters, 113(18). 

Kumar, A., & Bechhoefer, J. (2019). Shaping arbitrary energy landscapes with feedback. Physics in Canada, 75(1). 

Kumar, A., & Bechhoefer, J. (2018, September). Optical feedback tweezers. In Optical trapping and optical micromanipulation xv (Vol. 10723, pp. 282-290). SPIE. 

Sil, S., Saha, T. K., Kumar, A., Bera, S. K., & Banerjee, A. (2017). Dual-mode optical fiber-based tweezers for robust trapping and manipulation of absorbing particles in air. Journal of Optics, 19(12), 12LT02. 

Bera, S. K., Kumar, A., Sil, S., Saha, T. K., Saha, T., & Banerjee, A. (2016). Simultaneous measurement of mass and rotation of trapped absorbing particles in air. Optics letters, 41(18), 4356-4359.