• M Phil, Condensed Matter Physics, University of Hyderabad, 1998
• M.Eng, Applied Optics, I.I.T Delhi, 2000
• MS, Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2004
• Ph D, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 2009
• Postdoctoral, Radiology, Stanford University, 2013

Journal Articles

Chichen Huang and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2026, "Comprehensive parametric study of curved piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers.", Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 410, (2)

Shubham Mirg, Krishnendu Samanta, Haoyang Chen, Jin Jiang, Kevin L. Turner, Fatemeh Salehi, Kathiravan M. Ramiah, Patrick Drew and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2026, "Integrated ultrasound stimulation and optical imaging of awake mice brain using a transparent ultrasound transducer cranial window", npj Acoustics, 2, (1)

Christopher Cheng and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2022, "Improving PMUT Receive Sensitivity via DC Bias and Piezoelectric Composition", Sensors, 22, (15)

Haoyang Chen and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2022, "A Transparent Ultrasound Array for Real-Time Optical, Ultrasound, and Photoacoustic Imaging", AAAS BME Frontiers, 2022

Shubham Mirg and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2022, "Awake mouse brain photoacoustic and optical imaging through a transparent ultrasound cranial window"

Sumit Agrawal, Thaarakh Suresh, Ankit Garikipati, Ajay Dangi and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2021, "Modeling combined ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging: Simulations aiding device development and artificial intelligence", Photoacoustics, 24, pp. 100304

Haoyang Chen and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2021, "A High Sensitivity Transparent Ultrasound Transducer Based on PMN-PT for Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging", IEEE Sensors Letters, 5, (11), pp. 1-4

Haoyang Chen and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2021, "A transparent low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) chip for high-throughput cell stimulation", Lab on a Chip, 21, (24), pp. 4734-4742

Amirsaeed Yazdani and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2021, "Simultaneous Denoising and Localization Network for Photoacoustic Target Localization", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 40, (9), pp. 2367-2379

Ajay Dangi and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2019, "A Photoacoustic Imaging Device using Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (PMUTs)", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control.

• March 2023 - February 2028, "CAREER: Smart and scalable approaches for developing multimodal optical and acoustic imaging technologies," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• September 2023 - April 2027, "Clinical translation of dual-modality transrectal ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging for detection of aggressive prostate cancer," (Sponsor: National Cancer Institute).

• May 2022 - March 2027, "Photoacoustic and epigenetic nerve scaffold for nerve regeneration," (Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke).

• August 2024 - July 2027, "Mechanisms of cognitive impairment caused by atherosclerosis and red blood cell released ATP," (Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke).

• September 2022 - August 2027, "Dual-modality Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Molecular Imaging Strategies for Lethal Prostate Cancer Detection," (Sponsor: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs).

• September 2020 - August 2026, "A portable photoacoustic imager for diagnosing vascular diseases," (Sponsor: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering).

• September 2022 - August 2025, "Multiparametric Transrectal Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging of Human Prostate," (Sponsor: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering).

• August 2021 - March 2025, "Collaborative Research: An implantable intracranial ultrasound stimulation for treating neurodiseases," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• NSF CAREER, National Science Foundation, March 2023 - February 2028

• Best Paper Award, In Vivo Ultrasound Imaging GRC conference, August 2024 - August 2024

• Best Paper Award Runner-Up, IEEE Sensors Letters, November 2022

• NIH Pathway to Independence Grant Award K99/R00, National Institutes of Health, May 2014 - June 2021

Service to Penn State:

• Committee Work, Committee Member, Penn State University, Sustainability Council, August 2021

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