Punit Prakash

A full list of publications can be found here. Selected publications highlighting our group’s work:

• Zeinali N, Sebek J, Fallahi H, Pfannenstiel A, Prakash P. Transmission coefficient-based monitoring of microwave ablation: development and experimental evaluation in ex vivo tissue, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 71(4): 1269-80, 2024.
• Bottiglieri A, Sheth RA, Prakash P. A computational modeling approach to investigate the influence of hyperthermia on the tumor microenvironment, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2023.
• Fallahi H, Sebek J, Prakash P. Broadband dielectric properties of ex vivo bovine liver tissue characterized at ablative temperatures, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 68(1): 90-98, 2021.
• Sebek J, Kramer S, Rocha R, Yu KC, Bortel R, Beard WL, Biller DS, Hodgson DS, Ganta CK, Wibowo H, Yee J, Myers R, Lam S, Prakash P. Bronchoscopically delivered microwave ablation in an in vivo porcine lung model, ERJ Open Research, 6(4): 00146-2020, 2020.
• Pfannenstiel A, Sebek J, Fallahi H, Beard WL, Ganta CK, Dupuy DE, Prakash P. Directional microwave ablation: experimental evaluation of a 2.45-GHz applicator in ex vivo and in vivo liver, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 31(7): 1170-77, 2020.
• Faridi P, Keselman P, Fallahi H, Prakash P. Experimental assessment of microwave ablation computational modeling with MR thermometry, Medical Physics, 47(9): 3777-88, 2020.
• Curto S, Faridi P, Shrestha TB, Pyle M, Maurmann L, Troyer D, Bossmann SH, Prakash P. An integrated platform for small-animal hyperthermia investigations under ultra-high field MRI guidance, International Journal of Hyperthermia, 34(4): 341-51, 2018.

Honors

• 2022 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, KSU College of Engineering

• 2017 Outstanding Assistant Professor Award, KSU College of Engineering

• 2008 Young Investigator Award, International Conference on Hyperthermic Oncology, Munich, Germany

• 2008 Vilas Dissertator's Travel Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• 2004 Sigma Xi, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, WPI

Leadership and Service to Professional Organizations

• 2024- Member, Society for Interventional Radiology, Non-clinical Scientist Committee

• 2021-24 Secretary/Treasurer (elected), Society for Thermal Medicine

• 2020- Contributing Member, ASME Tissue Properties Standards Committee (sub-committee on Electromagnetic Properties of Tissue)

• 2016-17 Chair (elected), IEEE EMBS Technical Committee on Therapeutic Systems and Technologies

• 2014-15 Vice chair (elected), IEEE EMBS Technical Committee on Therapeutic Systems and Technologies

EMBS Summer School on Computer Modeling in Medicine

Co-founder (with Dieter Haemmerich), IEEE EMBS International Summer School on Computer Modeling in Medicine, held biennially in Charleston, SC. Co-chair of 2017, 2019, and 2023 summer schools.

External Grant Review

• Charter Member, NIH Center for Scientific Review, Imaging Guided Interventions and Surgery (IGIS) study section, 2020 – 2024

• Ad hoc grant review: DFG German Research Foundation (2024), NIH Lasker Clinical Research Scholar Program (2022), NIH Imaging Technology Development (2019), NIH Bioengineering Technology and Surgical Sciences (2019), NIH Radiation Therapy and Biology (2019), National Science Foundation (2012 – present), Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research

• Program (2019), US-Israel Binational Research & Development Foundation (2019), US Army MRMC (2017), Dutch Cancer Society (2016), Dutch Technology Foundation (2016), Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation (2012)

Editorial activities

• 2022-24 Guest Editor (with D. Haemmerich), Special issue on Image Guided Therapies, IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology

• 2016-18 Theme Chair, Therapeutic Systems and Technologies, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, 2016 (Orlando, FL); 2017 (Jeju Island, South Korea); 2018 (Honolulu, HI).

• 2017- Section Editor, Physics and Engineering, International Journal of Hyperthermia

• 2017- Editorial Board Member, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

• 2016-17 Guest Editor (with D. Haemmerich), Special Issue on Microwave Tumor Ablation, International Journal of Hyperthermia (January 2017 issue)

• 2015- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Hyperthermia

• 2009- Associate Editor, Theme 9: Therapeutic Systems and Technologies, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference

Issued

1. US 12,023,093, A. Pfannenstiel, P. Prakash, T. Keast, H. Wibowo, “Bronchoscopic-based microwave ablation system and method.”

2. US 11,751,943 , P. Prakash, A. Pfannenstiel, “Method for monitoring bronchoscopic- based microwave ablation and related system.”

3. US 11,419,677, P. Prakash, B. McWilliams, E. Schnell, “High, efficiency directional microwave ablation antenna.”

4. US 11,135,010 A. Pfannenstiel, H. Fallahi, P. Prakash, “Minimally Invasive Microwave Ablation Device.”

5. US 8,777,938 D. M. Mahvi, M. C. Converse, P. Prakash, J. G. Webster, “Fan-beam microwave horn for bloodless resection,” Issue date: 07/15/2014.

Pending

1. PCT application US2022/034357, P. Prakash, H. Fallahi, A. Pfannenstiel, “Method for monitoring microwave ablation status,” Filed 06/21/2022

2. PCT application US2021/049119, J. Sebek, P. Prakash, H. Wibowo, “Microwave catheters for high-power thermal ablation,” Filed: 03/10/2022

3. US Patent Application 17/251,592, P. Prakash, H. Fallahi, J. T. Schenck, E. A. Frattura, “Microwave system for global endometrial ablation,” Filed: 12/11/2020.

4. US Patent Application 16/093,774, P. Prakash, S. Curto, S. Bossmann, “System for delivering hyperthermia treatments,” Filed: 10/15/2018.