Dr. Sathwik Bharadwaj is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Previously, he was a Research Scientist at the Birck Nanotechnology Center and the Elmore School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Hyderabad, India. Dr. Bharadwaj leads the Computational Quantum Design Group at WPI, which focuses on developing predictive theoretical and computational methods to design emergent materials and quantum devices and establishing a roadmap for advancing quantum-light science and technology. He has received several accolades for his research, including the Japan Computational Mathematical Science and Engineering Lecture Award in 2019, the Sigma Xi Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2020, the Bravo+ Award from Purdue University in 2023, and the Gold Medal from the University of Hyderabad in 2015.
Dr. Sathwik Bharadwaj is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Previously, he was a Research Scientist at the Birck Nanotechnology Center and the Elmore School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Hyderabad, India. Dr. Bharadwaj leads the Computational Quantum Design Group at WPI, which focuses on developing predictive theoretical and computational methods to design emergent materials and quantum devices and establishing a roadmap for advancing quantum-light science and technology. He has received several accolades for his research, including the Japan Computational Mathematical Science and Engineering Lecture Award in 2019, the Sigma Xi Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2020, the Bravo+ Award from Purdue University in 2023, and the Gold Medal from the University of Hyderabad in 2015.
Office
Olin Hall 213A
Research Interests
Quantum Science & Engineering
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Devices
Thermal Photonics
Computational Physics
Scholarly Work
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Featured Publications:
Unraveling Optical Polarization at Deep Microscopic Scales in Crystalline Materials, S. Bharadwaj, Z. Jacob, ACS Photonics 12 (6), 2944-2954 (2025). [Appeared on Cover]
Roadmap for Photonics with 2D Materials, ACS Photonics 12, 3961–4095 (2025).
Thermal Radiation with a Twist, S. Bharadwaj, and Z. Jacob, Science 386 (6728), 1348-1349 (2024).
Exploiting Universal Nonlocal Dispersion in Optically Active Materials for Spectro-polarimetric Computational Imaging, X. Wang, T. V. Mechelen, S. Bharadwaj, Md. Roknuzzaman, F. Bao, R. Rahman, and Z. Jacob, eLight 4, 1, 1-13 (2024). [Featured in 7+ Media Reports]
Observation of Non-vanishing Optical Helicity in Thermal Radiation from Symmetry-Broken Metasurfaces, X. Wang, T. Sentz, S. Bharadwaj, S. Ray, Y. Wang, D. Jiao, L. Qi, and Z. Jacob, Science Advances 9, eade4203 (2023). [Featured in 8+ Media Reports]
Picophotonics: Anomalous Atomistic Waves in Silicon, S. Bharadwaj, T. V. Mechelen, Z. Jacob, Physical Review Applied 18, 044065 (2022). [Featured in 15+ Media Reports]