Hello, I'm
Assistant Professor (Contract) · Physics · JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula
Physics • Quantum Computing • Photonics & Research
Exploring the quantum world, researching rare-earth doped glasses, and sharing physics and quantum computing through teaching and free learning resources.
Physicist, glass spectroscopist by training, quantum computing researcher by current focus.
I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula, and an IBM Qiskit Advocate. My current work centers on quantum computing — specifically Variational Quantum Eigensolvers (VQE) and other NISQ-era algorithms — applied to quantum chemistry, materials science, and optimization problems, with an emphasis on efficient hybrid quantum-classical methods.
Before moving into quantum computing, I spent over five years researching the fluorescence kinetics of rare-earth doped phosphate glasses for laser and photonic device applications, work that formed my Ph.D. thesis and produced most of my 21 journal publications. That photonics and materials background still shapes how I think about quantum materials today.
Damodar Quanta is where I'm bringing both sides of that together — engineering physics for my students at JNTUA, and quantum computing explainers for anyone curious enough to follow along.
Currently focused on quantum computing, with a materials-physics foundation from my Ph.D. years.
Variational Quantum Eigensolvers (VQE) and other NISQ-era hybrid quantum-classical algorithms for quantum chemistry, materials science, and optimization — plus quantum information and post-quantum cryptography.
Fluorescence kinetics and Judd–Ofelt analysis of rare-earth doped (Nd³⁺, Dy³⁺, Sm³⁺, Eu³⁺, Er³⁺, Ho³⁺) phosphate and borophosphate glasses, for laser, white-light, and optical amplifier applications — the subject of my Ph.D. and most of my journal record.
Scientific computing in Python for spectroscopic data analysis and, increasingly, for prototyping the quantum circuits behind the algorithms above.
Nine-plus years in the classroom and lab, from polytechnic lecture halls to engineering college.
JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula. Engineering physics for undergraduate students, alongside quantum computing research.
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati — theory, tutorial, and lab sessions alongside doctoral research.
Government Polytechnic, Rayachoti.
Government Polytechnic, Vempalli.
Organized as folders — click one to open it. Where the teaching lives outside the classroom, for JNTUA students and anyone else following along.
21 journal articles, 1 book, and 4 conference proceedings — first-author work selected below.
Plus 13 additional co-authored journal articles, 4 AIP/conference proceedings papers, and one book — Fluorescence Kinetics of Bismuth Phosphate Glasses (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2021). Full list and citation metrics on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.
Awards, patents, certifications, and professional memberships.
