Vinod with a Plum-throated Cotinga at Yale Peabody Museum

​Welcome to our Evolutionary Photonics lab, ​where we hang out at the interface of organismal, evolutionary, and developmental biology, soft matter physics, biomaterials, biophotonics, and biomimetics. We are interested in a precise, holistic understanding of bio-photonic nano-structures underlying animal and plant structural coloration (both iridescent and non-iridescent colors; both extant and extinct) in terms of their optical and biological function, development, evolution, and biomimetic and bio-inspired technological applications!

Our lab has just moved to Krea University, India as of January 2022!!

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