Krishanu Ray

Dr. Krishanu Ray is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Vaccine Division of the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. His research leverages single molecule fluorescence, nanotechnology, and imaging techniques to advance biomedical science, particularly in HIV and SARS-CoV-2 studies.

He is a member of editorial boards for the Journal of Bioanalysis and Biomedicine and ISRN Nanotechnology, and has served as guest editor for Frontiers in Immunology and Viruses. Dr. Ray chairs the Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine conference at SPIE Photonics West and is a permanent program committee member.

His research focuses on high-end imaging and spectroscopy methods to study HIV/SARS-CoV-2 proteins, virions, and broadly neutralizing antibodies. Key tools include fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), single molecule detection (SMD), Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), super-resolution microscopy, and two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging (2p-FLIM). Notably, he developed a label-free 2p-FLIM method to analyze NADH metabolism in HIV-infected cells, revealing oxidative phosphorylation activation.

Scientific awards include the NIH Career Grant (2011), JSPS Fellowship (2000), and ISCA Young Scientists’ Award in Physics (1997-98). His work has attracted substantial NIH funding, including R01, R61, and P01 grants.