Abhishek Kumar SRIVASTAVA

Research interest

Prof. Srivastava’s research focuses on these areas:

1. Display and Photonics
2. Nanorods
3. Nanorod Alignment
4. Polarized Light Source
5. Photoalignment
6. Liquid Crystal Displays

Biography

Prof. Abhishek Kumar Srivastava is an AssociateProfessor in the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and serving as the Associate Director of Center for Display research (CDR). Prof. Srivastava received his PhD from the University of Lucknow, India, in 2009. His current research interest includes photoalignment, polarized light sources, and fast liquid crystals for advanced displays and photonic devices. He is a senior member of the Society for Information Display (SID), United States, and a member of IEEE. In 2014, he received the ILCS Early-Career Award: The Michi Nakata Prize for his early career efforts in the field of ferroelectric liquid crystals and photoalignment. In 2018, he received the best I-zone display prototype of the year award from the SID display week for the ferroelectric liquid crystal displays. In the same year, he received the LG Bronze award from the Korean information display society for the newly developed quantum rod enhancement film. To date, he has published 198 research papers and holds 38 patents/patent applications.