Dr. Sheenu Thomas is Professor at International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology. She took her M.Sc. (Physics) and Ph.D. (Experimental Solid-State Physics) from Cochin University of Science and Technology. She joined CUSAT as a faculty member in 2001.Her research area of interest are studies on photo-induced, thermal and nonlinear optical effects of chalcogenide glass based photonic materials. She has 30 years of research experience. She has successfully guided ten doctoral students. Four researchers and two post-doctoral fellows are currently working under her supervision.