• Ph.D.- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
• M.Sc. (Physics) - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
• B.Sc. (PCM) - University of Allahabad

• Assistant Professor (2022-present)- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
• CSIR Nehru Science Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022)-CSIR Central Scientific Instruments Organization Chandigarh
• Assistant Professor (2019-2019)-Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Mumba
• Research Visitor (2018-2019)- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
• Postdoctoral Researcher (2016-2017)- University of Reims Champagne Ardenne France

• Our research focuses on the intersection of photonic metamaterials, metasurfaces, nanophotonics, plasmonics, and nanoscale heat transfer. We aim to control light and radiative thermal management at subwavelength scales. We design and study artificial nanostructures that manipulate electromagnetic waves innovatively, allowing for advanced optical functionalities such as wavefront shaping, enhanced light-matter interactions, and thermal emission control. By leveraging the unique properties of nanophotonic architectures, our work connects fundamental physics with practical applications in flat optical devices, sensing, and thermal management.

• Photonic metamaterials and metasurfaces • Nanophotonics • Plasmonics • Nanoscale heat transfer

• Abhinav Bhardwaj, Dheeraj Pratap, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, and S. Anantha Ramakrishna, “Analytical analysis of Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Metamaterial CylindricalWaveguide using Transformation Matrix Method”, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 37(1), 53-68 (2023).
• Dheeraj Pratap, Rizul Gautam, Amit Kumar Shaw, Vikas, and Sanjeev Soni, "Broadband Near-Infrared Photothermal Response of Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms Embedded with Plasmonic Gold Nanorod Aggregates: Implications for the Non-invasive Eradication of Malignant Tumors", ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 6 (22), 21350–21358 (2023).
• Jitendra Kumar Pradhan, Dheeraj Pratap, "Daytime radiative cooling using pattern free metal dielectric coating", Optik, 319, 172098 (2024)
• Govind Dayal and Dheeraj Pratap, "Near-perfect molecular absorption enabled by critical coupling in metamaterial", Optics Express, 33, 4992 (2025)