His research interest is in Medical Imaging Systems, Photoacoustic and Thermoacoustic Imaging, Image Reconstruction, Machine Learning, Medical Image Processing, Contrast Agents, Molecular Imaging, Monte-Carlo Simulation for light-tissue interaction, Biomedical Optics, Biomedical Device Design, Clinical Application areas such as Breast Cancer Imaging, Brain Imaging, Pancreatic Cancer, Diabetes, Treatment Monitoring etc. He has more than 250 international journal and conference publications and presentations. Professor Pramanik has received research grants as principal investigator, with a cumulative budget of over $3.5M. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Biomedical Optics, Biomedical Optics Express, and as an Editorial Board Member of Photoacoustics. He also served as Guest Editor for special issues in the Journal of Biomedical Optics, Biomedical Engineering Letters. He is a Senior Member of SPIE, IEEE. Professor Pramanik is also the inaugural “Biodesign Faculty Fellow” offered by the Singapore Biodesign Programme (in collaboration with Stanford Biodesign Fellowship).