About
Dr. Rishi Deka, also known as Rishi The Refined, is an American academic, award-winning photographer, and multi-genre author. He is based in San Diego, California, USA and can be reached at rdeka@ucsd.edu or dekart@rishideka.com.
Dr. Deka's unique background has received regional press throughout Southern California including Shoutout SoCal (November 2020), The Times of San Diego (April 2020), and San Diego Voyager Magazine (May 2018):
https://shoutoutsocal.com/meet-rishi-deka-artist-author-academic/
https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2020/04/27/rx-for-pandemic-times-ucsds-rishi-deka-radiates-insights-as-photographer/
http://sdvoyager.com/interview/check-rishi-dekas-artwork/
Dr. Deka is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in Radiation Medicine and an Instructor in Biostatistics I and II at UC San Diego. His medical authorship includes JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA Oncology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Cancer, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases:
https://profiles.ucsd.edu/rishi.deka
Dr. Deka's award-winning photography has been published in 45 countries across all continents including North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and South America. The diverse array of people that have been captured with his lens include Ringo Starr, Lana Del Rey, Tiger Woods, Joe Biden, Laurence Fishburne, Dua Lipa, Camila Morrone, John Legend, Paula Abdul, Florence Welch, Andrea Bocelli, Kiefer Sutherland, Lizzy Caplan, Cheech & Chong, Billy Bob Thornton, Alicia Garza, Madison Beer, Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, J. Cole, Alison Wonderland, Miranda Lambert, and Blake Shelton. Dr. Deka has also received an award for his coverage of Black Lives Matter.
He is a contributor to Shutterstock Editorial and Associated Press. Photography publications and countries include:
Yahoo! News, Tencent QQ, MSN, The Guardian, Daily Mail, USA Today, ABC, T-Online, Bild, El País, RT, Deutsche Welle, SINA, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Wall Street Journal, and Good Morning America.
North America: United States, Mexico, Canada.
Europe: United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, Italy, Malta, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Czechia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania.
Eurasia: Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan.
Asia: China, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Oman.
Oceania: Australia.
Africa: Ethiopia, South Africa.
South America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela.
Dr. Deka’s journalism and poetry has been featured in The Daily Utah Chronicle, The Triton, Poetry Quarterly, The Times of San Diego, and Shoutout SoCal:
https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2017/05/04/u-student-groups-participate-utah-peoples-climate-march/
https://triton.news/2018/03/bill-nye-dedicates-halicioglu-data-science-institute/
https://prolificpress.com/bookstore/poetry-quarterly-c-1/poetry-quarterly-fall-2019-p-316.html
His psychedelic abstract photography can be seen on Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rishi-deka
Read MoreDr. Deka's unique background has received regional press throughout Southern California including Shoutout SoCal (November 2020), The Times of San Diego (April 2020), and San Diego Voyager Magazine (May 2018):
https://shoutoutsocal.com/meet-rishi-deka-artist-author-academic/
https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2020/04/27/rx-for-pandemic-times-ucsds-rishi-deka-radiates-insights-as-photographer/
http://sdvoyager.com/interview/check-rishi-dekas-artwork/
Dr. Deka is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in Radiation Medicine and an Instructor in Biostatistics I and II at UC San Diego. His medical authorship includes JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA Oncology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Cancer, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases:
https://profiles.ucsd.edu/rishi.deka
Dr. Deka's award-winning photography has been published in 45 countries across all continents including North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and South America. The diverse array of people that have been captured with his lens include Ringo Starr, Lana Del Rey, Tiger Woods, Joe Biden, Laurence Fishburne, Dua Lipa, Camila Morrone, John Legend, Paula Abdul, Florence Welch, Andrea Bocelli, Kiefer Sutherland, Lizzy Caplan, Cheech & Chong, Billy Bob Thornton, Alicia Garza, Madison Beer, Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, J. Cole, Alison Wonderland, Miranda Lambert, and Blake Shelton. Dr. Deka has also received an award for his coverage of Black Lives Matter.
He is a contributor to Shutterstock Editorial and Associated Press. Photography publications and countries include:
Yahoo! News, Tencent QQ, MSN, The Guardian, Daily Mail, USA Today, ABC, T-Online, Bild, El País, RT, Deutsche Welle, SINA, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Wall Street Journal, and Good Morning America.
North America: United States, Mexico, Canada.
Europe: United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, Italy, Malta, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Czechia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania.
Eurasia: Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan.
Asia: China, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Oman.
Oceania: Australia.
Africa: Ethiopia, South Africa.
South America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela.
Dr. Deka’s journalism and poetry has been featured in The Daily Utah Chronicle, The Triton, Poetry Quarterly, The Times of San Diego, and Shoutout SoCal:
https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2017/05/04/u-student-groups-participate-utah-peoples-climate-march/
https://triton.news/2018/03/bill-nye-dedicates-halicioglu-data-science-institute/
https://prolificpress.com/bookstore/poetry-quarterly-c-1/poetry-quarterly-fall-2019-p-316.html
His psychedelic abstract photography can be seen on Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rishi-deka
