Professional Experience

Oct. 2009-Present Director, Nanotechnology Research and Education Center (NREC), University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Aug. 2005- Present Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Nanotechnology Research and Education Center (NREC),), University of South Florida, Tampa
Aug. 2009-Present Affiliated Faculty Member, USF Nanomedicine Research Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Aug. 2007-Present Program Co-Director, Materials Science & Engineering Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Aug. 2005-Present Affiliated Faculty Member, Florida Center of Excellence for Biomolecular Identification and Targeted Therapeutics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Aug. 2004-Present Affiliated Faculty Member, Clean Energy Research Center (CERC), University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Aug 2004- Aug. 2006 Courtesy Visiting Scientist, Shriners Hospital for Children, Tampa, FL
Jan. 2000-July 2005 Associate Professor (Tenured 2002), Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Center for Microelectronics Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
May-June 2004 Visiting Faculty, Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore
December 2002 Visiting Faculty, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka (Japan)
Jan 2000- July 2001 Adjunct Professor, Department of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama
Aug.1994- July 2001 Cluster Director, Alabama NASA EPSCoR (Advanced Materials Program)
2000 (December) Visiting Faculty, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka (Japan)
Aug.1993- Dec.1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Alabama
Sept.1992- July1993 Research Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Alabama
Aug.1985- July1986 Research Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; INDIA