About

Short Bio

Dr. Abhilash Patel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur. Prior to this, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Control Engineering Synthetic Biology Group at Imperial College London. He did his PhD from the Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, in 2021. He has received the M.Tech. degree in Control and Automation from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, in 2015 and B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, India, in 2012. His research interests include Control and Dynamical Systems in Biology, Systems and Synthetic Biology, Robust Control Theory, and Wide-Area Control of Power Systems.

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

2016 - 2021

Thesis Title--- Biomolecular Feedforward Loops: Pulse Dynamics, Design Constraints, and Robustness

MTech in Electrical Engineering

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

2013-2015

Thesis title --- A Study on Effect of Delays in Wide-Area Control of Power Systems

BTech in Electrical Engineering

Biju Patnaik University of Technology Rourkela

2008-2012

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

2022-cont

Visiting Researcher in Department of Bioengineering

Imperial College London, UK

2022-cont

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Imperial College London, UK

2021-2022