Sandeep Kumar is currently working as Professor of the Soft Condensed Matter Group at the Raman Research Institute, India. He was a visiting Professor at the Trinity College, Dublin (2012–13), the National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan (2008–09) and the National Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. (1999–2000). He has published more than 190 research papers in national and international journals. His areas of research include design, synthesis and applications of various liquid crystalline and nanomaterials.