Dr. Michael Kudenov

Dr. Kudenov’s North Carolina State University faculty page.

Dr. Kudenov completed his BS degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, AK in 2005. Upon graduation, his personal interest in astronomy and photography lead him to obtain his PhD in Optical Sciences at The University of Arizona (UA) in Tucson, AZ in 2009. Following his PhD, he remained as an Assistant Research Professor at the UA until departing for North Carolina State University in 2012. Research performed at the UA included visible and infrared imaging polarimetry, spectroscopy, 3D profilometry, interferometry, active learning, and lens design. 

His current research is focused on developing novel imaging systems, interferometers, detectors, and anisotropic materials related to polarization and spectral sensing, for wavelengths spanning ultraviolet through the thermal infrared. Application and translation of these technologies to agricultural and plant breeding applications can offer new insights that bridge multiple disciplines. In this context, he will apply these sensing technologies to help develop new high throughput screening tools for use in characterizing sweetpotato nematode resistance in the field.