Ramachandram Badugu PhD

Dr. Ramachandram Badugu, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. CFS is a well-funded state-of-art fluorescence institute with instruments including, ensemble and single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopies, fluorescence lifetime and lifetime imaging systems, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy systems along with NSOM, AFM, and sputtering and vapor deposition instruments. Dr. Badugu has been actively involved in the development of one- dimensional photonic crystals (1DPCs), Tamm structures with enhanced and/or directional emission, and metallic structures for Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence (MEF) and Surface Plasmon-Coupled Emission (SPCE), suitable for bio-sensing, and sequencing applications. He is also developing materials/probes for fluorescence sensing applications. He is an author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and multiple book chapters and has several U.S. Patents.