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Dr Sujan Rajbhandari

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Institute of Photonics

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Personal statement

PhD positions opening

We have PhD positions opening in the area of optical wireless communication, underwater optical wireless communication, visible light communication, and free space optics.

Biography

Dr Sujan Rajbhandari (Senior Member IEEE) obtained his bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus (Tribhuvan University), Nepal, in 2004. He obtained an MSc in Optoelectronic and Communication Systems with Distinction in 2006 and was awarded the P O Byrne Prize for the most innovative project. He then joined the Optical Communications Research Lab (OCRG) at Northumbria University as a PhD candidate and was awarded a PhD in 2010.

Dr Rajbhandari is currently a Senior Lecturer at the ³Ô¹Ïtv and previously held research and academic positions at Bangor, Northumbria, Oxford, and Coventry universities in the UK, and has worked in industry at Huawei R&D Centre in Sweden. Dr Rajbhandari is a leading expert in optical wireless communication (OWC), with over 200 scholarly publications and more than 9,000 citations (Google Scholar). His expertise spans OWC technologies, including visible light communication (LiFi) and free-space optics (FSO), as well as advanced signal processing and artificial intelligence for emerging applications such as fronthaul, backhaul, and access networks for 5G/6G, intelligent transport systems (ITS), and underwater communication.

Research Interests

  • Indoor and outdoor Optical wireless communication
  • Visible light communications (VLC)/LiFi
  • Free-space optical communications (FSO)
  • terrestrial, non-terrestrial and underwater Optical Wireless Communications
  • AI/ML for optical wireless communication
  • Free-space Quantum key distribution

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
2024
Recipient
2023
Recipient
2023
Recipient
2020
Recipient
15/6/2019
Recipient
2017

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Publications

Lee Ji-Yung, Hwang Jae Seong, Shin Gyeongcheol, Lee Byungju, Jun Kyungkoo, Kim Hyunbum, , Chun Hyunchae
Drones Vol 10 (2026)
Eso Elizabeth, Sinanovic Sinan, Offiong Funmilayo B, Li Xicong, Yang Liying, , Ghassemlooy Zabih
Electronics Vol 15 (2026)
Jiang Hongyan, Hu Wanyi, Liao Xin, He Ning, Popoola Wasiu, Omar Ahmad Fairuz,
IET Optoelectronics Vol 20 (2026)
Ata Yalçın, Al-Sallami Farah Mahdi, Gökçe Muhsin Caner, Vegni Anna Maria, , Baykal Yahya
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials Vol 28, pp. 4248-4284 (2025)
McKendry JJD, , , Ruschel J, Rass J, Einfeldt S, ,
2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) IEEE Photonics Conference 2025 2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), pp. 1-2 (2025)
McKendry Jonathan, , Shao Yingjie, , ,
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Vol 37, pp. 1451-1454 (2025)

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Professional Activities

Keynote/plenary speaker
2026
Invited speaker
10/2025
Invited speaker
29/3/2025
Invited speaker
14/2/2025
Member of programme committee
2025
Organiser
2025

Projects

Rajbhandari, Sujan (Principal Investigator) Herrnsdorf, Johannes (Co-investigator) Vijayakumar, Akhil Dutt (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2029
Rajbhandari, Sujan (Principal Investigator) Herrnsdorf, Johannes (Co-investigator) Li, David (Co-investigator) McKendry, Jonathan (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2029
Rajbhandari, Sujan (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025

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Dr Sujan Rajbhandari
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Institute of Photonics

Email: sujan.rajbhandari@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4669