Alexander Kildishev

Alexander Kildishev

  • Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue

  • Research topics: Quantum Materials, Device Physics
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  • Contact: kildishev@purdue.edu
    765-496-3196
  • Office Location:
    West Lafayette, IN

Prof. Alexander V. Kildishev works on theory and numerical modeling for nanophotonics. He has had several breakthrough results on negative refractive index metamaterials, optical artificial magnetic structures, loss compensation in metamaterials, plasmonic nanolasers, optical metasurfaces, optical cloaks, and hyperlenses. He has been included on the Highly Cited Researchers List, which recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by producing multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations in the cross-field category for the years of 2018 and 2022 in Web of Science (WOS). Prof Kildishev is a Fellow of Optica (OSA). His current h-factor is 72 WOS, 82 Google Scholar. Publications include 9 book chapters, about 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals, with above 25,000 citations; more than 90 invited seminar talks and conferences presentations, co-inventor of above 31 issued and pending patents (14 US patents), 11 software online simulation tools (with above 3,000 users and 56,000 jobs).