Punit Prakash | Professor

Paul L. Spainhour Professorship in Electrical Engineering

Steve Hsu Keystone Research Scholar

Ph.D. - 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biomedical Engineering
M.S. - 2006, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biomedical Engineering
B.S. - 2004, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Contact information

3078 Engineering Hall
prakashp@k-state.edu

Biomedical Computing Device Laboratory website

Professional experience

Prakash received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2004, and a doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008. He joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) as a postdoctoral scholar, and subsequently conducted research in the same department as a Research Specialist. Prakash joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2012, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018, and Professor in 2023. Prakash is an affiliate of the K-State Johnson Center for Cancer Research.

Research

Prakash directs research in the Biomedical Computing and Devices Lab (BCDL). BCDL's research is focused on the bioeffects of non-ionizing electromagnetic energy-tissue interactions, and to harness these effects with the goal of developing devices and systems capable of controlled delivery of electromagnetic fields, for stand-alone and multi-modality therapy. We conduct this interdisciplinary research in close collaboration with colleagues from engineering, physical sciences, clinicians, and collaborators from industry. Our research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and the medical device industry.

Academic highlights

Prakash serves as a charter member of the NIH Imaging guided interventions and surgery (IGIS) study section (2020-24), Section Editor-Engineering/Physics of the International Journal of Hyperthermia, and as Secretary/Treasurer of the Society for Thermal Medicine (2022-24). He is co-founder of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) International Summer School on Computer Modeling in Medicine. He previously served as elected Chair of the IEEE EMBS Technical Committee on Therapeutic Systems and Technologies (2016-17). Prakash is a recipient of the K-State College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (2022) and Outstanding Assistant Professor award (2017), and received the Innovative Research Award (2014) from the Johnson Cancer Research Center.