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Last published 2025
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Pradeep Kumar

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High Impact

Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: Boston University (2005–2010); University of Wisconsin–Madison (2016); Duquesne University (1993); University of Mysore (2010); Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (2010); Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (2005); J.C. Bose University of Science & Technology, YMCA (2024); University of Duisburg-Essen (2016); Rockefeller University (2007–2014); The University of Texas at Austin (2010)

Faculty Researcher

32 h-index 92 pubs 4,330 cited

  • Temperature
  • Models, Chemical
  • Water
  • Surface Properties
  • Phase Transition
  • Computer Simulation
  • Models, Molecular
  • Pressure
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Atmospheric Pressure
  • Escherichia coli
  • Models, Biological
  • Solutions
  • Thermodynamics
  • Nanostructures

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Pradeep Kumar's research investigates the behavior of matter and energy at various scales, employing computational simulation and theoretical modeling. His work spans diverse areas, including the phase transitions of materials, the dynamics of active matter systems, and energy harvesting from thermal fluctuations. Recently, Kumar has explored the size-dependent transformations in ferroelectric materials and the thermodynamics of freestanding graphene heat engines. He has also examined the pressure and temperature dependence of protein fluorescence anisotropy.

In addition to his work in physics and materials science, Kumar has contributed to studies in public health, specifically focusing on the prevalence of dyslipidemia in individuals with newly diagnosed Type II Diabetes Mellitus. His research network includes collaborators from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.

Kumar holds a notable academic profile with an h-index of 32, reflecting a significant body of published work. He is recognized as a highly cited researcher, underscoring the impact of his contributions to his fields.

Metrics

  • h-index: 32
  • Publications: 92
  • Citations: 4,330

Selected Publications

  • Transient Thermal Energy Harvesting at a Single Temperature Using Nonlinearity (2025)
    Entropy 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Size-dependent ferroelectric-to-paraelectric sliding transformations and antipolar-to-ferroelectric topological phase transitions in binary homobilayers (2024)
    Physical Review Materials 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • (Invited) Harvesting Energy from Freestanding Graphene Thermal Fluctuations (2023)
    ECS Meeting Abstracts DOI OpenAlex
  • Charging capacitors from thermal fluctuations using diodes (2023)
    Physical review. E 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Freestanding graphene heat engine analyzed using stochastic thermodynamics (2023)
    AIP Advances 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Phases of active matter composed of multicellular magnetotactic bacteria near a hard surface (2022)
    Physical Review Fluids 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pressure and temperature dependence of fluorescence anisotropy of green fluorescent protein (2022)
    RSC Advances 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Morphological Phenotypes, Cell Division, and Gene Expression of Escherichia coli under High Concentration of Sodium Sulfate (2022)
    Microorganisms 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Growth, Cell Division, and Gene Expression of Escherichia coli at Elevated Concentrations of Magnesium Sulfate: Implications for Habitability of Europa and Mars (2020)
    Microorganisms 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Theory of finite-temperature two-dimensional structural transformations in group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers (2020)
    Physical review. B./Physical review. B 28 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Fluctuation-induced current from freestanding graphene (2020)
    Physical review. E 40 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Solubility of Nitrogen in Methane, Ethane, and Mixtures of Methane and Ethane at Titan-Like Conditions: A Molecular Dynamics Study (2020)
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry DOI OpenAlex
  • Evolution of elastic moduli through a two-dimensional structural transformation (2019)
    Physical review. B./Physical review. B 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of temperatures and high pressures on the growth and survivability of methanogens and stable carbon isotope fractionation: implications for deep subsurface life on Mars (2018)
    International Journal of Astrobiology 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Dynamics of phenotypic switching of bacterial cells with temporal fluctuations in pressure (2018)
    Physical review. E 9 citations DOI OpenAlex

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