Sunilkumar Vattezhath received his Ph.D degree from School Of Physics, University of Hyderabad in 2002. His Ph.D title was Aspects of Polynomial Algebras and Physical Applications and he worked under the guidance of Prof. Bindu A. Bambah. He then worked at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar as a post-doctoral research fellow during 2002-2005. Then he moved to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai as a post-doctoral fellow and worked there during 2005-2006). He joined in BITSPilani K.K. Birla Goa campus as an Assistant professor in 2006.
His research interests are in quantum theory and representations of polynomially deformed algebras.