Dr. Sonavane’s research spans wireless sensor networks, the Internet of Things, IoT security and intrusion detection, visible light communication, biomedical and healthcare monitoring systems, medical image analysis, hyperspectral image classification, artificial intelligence and mechatronics.
Citation metrics as per Google Scholar (2026).
Most-Cited Research (Google Scholar)
- A real-time intrusion detection system for wormhole attack in the RPL based Internet of Things — Procedia Manufacturing 32, 2019 · 130 citations
- Smart Poultry Farm Monitoring Using IoT and Wireless Sensor Networks — IJARCS 7(3), 2016 · 92 citations
- CrowWhale-ETR: CrowWhale optimization algorithm for energy and trust aware multicast routing in WSN for IoT applications — Wireless Networks 26(6), 2020 · 80 citations
- Security protocols for Internet of Things: A survey — ICNETS2, 2017 · 57 citations
- Wormhole attack detection system for IoT network: A hybrid approach — Wireless Personal Communications 124(2), 2022 · 52 citations
Funded Research Projects (Completed)
- Development of Low Cost Wireless Sensor Network with Adaptive Transmission Power — Research Proposal Scheme (RPS), University of Pune · ₹2.5 lakh · April 2009 – March 2011
- Maximally Redundant Sign Digit Adder — Research Proposal Scheme (RPS), University of Pune · ₹2.2 lakh · 2011 – 2013
Doctoral Research Supervision
Registered Ph.D. guide at Savitribai Phule Pune University since April 2011; three scholars awarded and three theses submitted. Current doctoral work includes deep learning-based hyperspectral image classification and crypto-watermarking of hyperspectral images for remote-sensing authentication.
Research Leadership at PCU
As Chairman of the University Research Review Committee, Dr. Sonavane hosted PCU’s first international conference, IM3-2026, with participation from IITs, BARC, IISc and international universities.