Education:

Ph. D.  Chemical Physics (w/ Materials Physics). 2002. UPR - Rio Piedras (Rank 2/11)

M. S. Physics (w/ Solid-State Physics specialization). 1999. UPR - Rio Piedras

M. E. Laser Technology. 1993. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK), India (Rank 1/7)

M. S. Physics. 1990. Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (IITD), India (Rank 4/23)

B. S. Physics (Hons.) 1988. Delhi University (DU), India (Rank 6/35)

Professional Experience(s) and Achievements:

October 2006- present: Asst. Prof. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO

October 2006- present: Faculty Member ‘International Center for Nano/Micro Technologies’ Columbia, MO 65211.

August 2004- July 31, 2006: Asst. Prof. Department of Physics and Materials Science, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

May 2005-September 06 (Courtesy Appointment): Adjunct Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering-U Missouri, Columbia, MO

October 2005-present (Graduate Faculty Appointment): Electrical and Computer Engineering-U Missouri, Columbia, MO

August, 2004-July 2006 Associate Faculty ‘Center for Science and Engineering (CASE) and Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC)’, Springfield, MO 65897.

December 2003-August 2004: Postdoctoral Research Associate, North Carolina State University, Department of Physics, Raleigh, NC (Supervisor: Prof. Robert Nemanich and past MRS98 President)

“Air-Force Project - Co-PI: “Micro-sized RF tube amplifier with micro-gridded cold cathode” Submitted for SBIR Phase I, Jan. 2004.” (PI: Prof. R. Nemanich)

Sept. 2003-Dec. 2003: Visiting Scientist, Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Akron, OH (Host: Prof. Byron Pipes and Dr. L. Dai)

August 2002-2003: Postdoctoral Research Associate - University of Cambridge, Engineering Department, Cambridge, UK (Supervisor: Prof. John Robertson)

Dec.1999-Jan. 2000: Research Assistant- NC State University, Raleigh-Department of Materials Science and Engineering

August 1997-1999: Research Assistant- University of Puerto Rico, Department of Physics

1994-1997: Teaching Assistant: Dept. of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK), India

1993-1994: Senior Scientific Officer (SSO II), Center of Advanced Research in Electronics (CARE), Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (IITD), New Delhi, India

1991-1993: Research Assistant, Physics Department and Center for Lasers and Technology (CELT), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

1990-1991: Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Department of Physics, IIT Delhi, India

1989:  Summer Internship at the Department of Physics, IIT Delhi, India

1988:  Summer Internship at the Department of Physics, IIT Delhi, India

Honors and Awards:

 *April 2007: JSPS Fellowship, Japan

*January 2007: Marquis Who’s Who in America, NJ

*January 2006: Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, NJ

*October 2005: 52^nd Midwest Solid-State Conference, Univ. Missouri, Columbia (Poster Award)

*May 2005:     Summer Faculty Fellowship, SMSU

*April 2005:     Missouri Academy of Sciences (MAS), Annual Conference, Won 2^nd Place

*December 2003: Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World, NJ

*July 2000       : National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, USA (2000-2002).

August 1999:    International Conference on Amorphous and Microcrystalline Semiconductors (ICAMS 18^th), Travel Award

November 1999: Materials Research Society, Division of Inorganic Solids, Travel Award.

*July 1997       : Commonwealth Fellowship to UK (Imperial College of Science and Technology, London)

*August 1997  : J. N. Tata Endowment Award, (1997), India

1990-1997       : GATE (General Aptitude Talent Examination) Scholarship (1990-1997):

                          (i) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT K), India (1991-97)

                          (ii) Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (IIT D), India (1990-91)

*1988-90         : MCM (Merit-cum-Means) Scholarship, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, India

1987-88           : MCM (Merit-cum-Means) Scholarship, Delhi University (DU), New Delhi, India

1984                : National Olympiad Mathematics; 2^nd Place, New Delhi, India

1983                : National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), New Delhi, India         

Professional Affiliations:

 American Physical Society (APS), Member

Materials Research Society (MRS), Member

Council for Undergarduate Research (CUR), Faculty Member

Missouri Academy of Science (MAS), Faculty Member

Missouri Nano-Alliance (MONA), Faculty Member

 Optical Society of America (OSA), Member

         Reviewer:

a.       Journal of Diamond and Related Materials

b.       Diamond and Related Materials Letters

c.       Journal of Applied Physics

d.       Materials Research Society Proceedings Symposium V (Nanophase and Nanocomposite), Symposium D, Symposium NN, Symposium W, Symposium HH, Symposium T, Symposium Q)

e.       Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B

f.        Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

g.       Journal of Materials Research

h.       Journal of Surface and Interface Science

i.         Journal of Electrochimica Acta

j.         Journal of Materials Science

k.       Electrochemical Solid-State Letters

l.         MRS Fall 05 Symposium Chair

m.     MRS Spring 07 Symposium Co-organizer

n.       US Army Proposal Reviewer ($500 Honorarium)

o.       Ozarks High School Fair Judge

p.       Book Reviewer: Wiley-Interscience, $200 Honorarium. Kinetics of Materials, by R. W. Ballufi, S. M. Allen, and W. C. Carter

q.      NSF Panel/Reviewer - 2006, 2007

r.        Missouri Academy of Science, Editorial Board

 2.       NATO Workshop on Nanocomposites 2007 (w/Ukraine): International Organizing Committee

 3. ECE Department Seminar Coordinator: Spring Semester 07

EXTERNAL GRANTS:

• "AFOSR: SBIR Phase II: "Micro-sized RF tube amplifier with micro-gridded cold cathode", Co-PI: S. Gupta, (with PI: R. J. Nemanich, G. Bilbro, D. Smith) (AFOSR) (Oct. 2004-July 2006); $356,000.

 INTERNAL GRANTS:

• Biological and Bioprocessing Center (BBC), December 2006

• Research Council grant, MU, pending

• Research Board, MU, pending

• SMSU Summer Faculty Fellowship, Summer 2005

• SMSU Faculty Research Grant, November 2005

Foreign Languages Known:

English (since school, 3^rd grade)

French (one year diploma)

Japanese (one year diploma)

Spanish (3 months short-course, Reading, writing, and speaking)

German (3 months short-course)

Italian (3 months short-course)