Vinod Menon

Vinod M. Menon
Education
Known forExciton-polaritons and light-matter interactions in two-dimensional and quantum materials
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, photonics, condensed matter physics
Workplaces

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. 1 2 3 4 "Vinod Menon". The City College of New York. Retrieved August 18, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Menon, Vinod M." CUNY Graduate Center. Retrieved August 18, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Prof. Vinod Menon, Alumnus, named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)". University of Hyderabad Herald. April 26, 2026. Retrieved August 18, 2026.
  4. ↑ Canonge, Sofia (May 21, 2026). "Honoring Innovation in Photonics and Quantum Research—Dr. Vinod Menon". The RICC. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics. – City College of the City University of New York". December 12, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Vinod Menon, Ph.D." CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. Retrieved August 18, 2026.
  7. ↑ York, The City College of New (July 13, 2026). "CCNY-led researchers define new frontier in quantum materials". The City College of New Yoprk. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Physicists uncover electronic interactions mediated via spin waves". Phys.org. April 3, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2026.
  9. ↑ "AAAS Honors three CCNY researchers as Lifetime Fellows". The City College of New York. March 26, 2026. Retrieved August 18, 2026.
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