Prem Kumar (academic)

Prem Kumar is an Indian-American physicist and engineer who is a professor and Director of the Center for Photonic Communication and Computing at Northwestern University. His research focuses on quantum computing, quantum communications, and photonics. His research creates robust photonic communication between quantum devices, with a particular emphasis on developing next-generation fibre-based quantum networks. He is a Fellow of SPIE, Optica, the Institute of Physics, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.