Biography:Vinod Menon
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| Known for | Exciton-polaritons and light-matter interactions in two-dimensional and quantum materials |
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| Fields | Physics, photonics, condensed matter physics |
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Vinod M. Menon is a physicist who is a professor of physics at the City College of New York (CCNY) and the Graduate Center, CUNY, where he directs the Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics.[1][2] He is known for experimental research on light-matter interactions in low-dimensional and quantum materials, in particular exciton-polaritons, hybrid light-matter quasiparticles formed by the strong coupling of light and matter.[3]
Education and career
Menon received a Master of Science in physics, with a specialization in quantum optics, from the University of Hyderabad in 1995, and a PhD in physics from the University of Massachusetts.[4] He was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University before joining the City University of New York in 2005.[3] At CCNY he leads the Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics and has served as chair of the physics department.[5] He is also affiliated with the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center.[1][6]
Research
Menon's research is mostly on light-matter interaction at the nanoscale, including strong coupling of light with excitons in two-dimensional semiconductors, molecular polaritons, metamaterials, and cavity quantum electrodynamics, with applications toward quantum photonic and computing technologies.[1][7] His team had previously studied light and magnetism in ultra-thin materials, creating single-layer LEDs and publishing the results in Nature.[1][8]
Awards and honors
In 2025 Menon was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[9] He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Vinod Menon". The City College of New York. https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/profiles/vinod-menon.
- ↑ "Menon, Vinod M.". CUNY Graduate Center. https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/vinod-m-menon.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Prof. Vinod Menon, Alumnus, named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)". University of Hyderabad Herald. 2026-04-26. https://herald.uohyd.ac.in/prof-vinod-menon-alumnus-named-fellow-of-the-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science-aaas/.
- ↑ Canonge, Sofia (2026-05-21). "Honoring Innovation in Photonics and Quantum Research—Dr. Vinod Menon." (in en-US). https://thericc.com/honoring-innovation-in-photonics-and-quantum-research-dr-vinod-menon/.
- ↑ "Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics. – City College of the City University of New York" (in en-US). 2025-12-12. https://lanmp.org/.
- ↑ "Vinod Menon, Ph.D.". CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/people/vinod-menon/.
- ↑ York, The City College of New (2026-07-13). "CCNY-led researchers define new frontier in quantum materials" (in en-US). https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/ccny-led-researchers-define-new-frontier-quantum-materials.
- ↑ "Physicists uncover electronic interactions mediated via spin waves". Phys.org. 2025-04-03. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-physicists-uncover-electronic-interactions.html.
- ↑ "AAAS Honors three CCNY researchers as Lifetime Fellows". The City College of New York. 2026-03-26. https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/aaas-honors-three-ccny-researchers-lifetime-fellows.
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