Education and Employment

  • Assistant Professor, UVa, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aug'05-present.
  • Principal Research Scientist, Purdue Univ., School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, June'02-Aug'05.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue Univ., School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aug'99-June'02.
  • Ph. D., Ohio State University, Department of Physics, Sept'94-Aug'99.
  • Integrated B.S. + M.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Physics, Sept'89-May'94.

    Research Highlights

  • Over 50 refereed publications (h-index of 20)
  • Over 70 invited and keynote talks at conferences, society meetings, workshops, summer schools and seminars
  • NSF CAREER Award (2008-2013)
  • UVa Fund for Excellence in Science and Technology (FEST) Award (2008)
  • UVa University Teaching Fellowship (UTF) Award (2008)
  • Marquis Who's Who in US Science and Engineering (2008)
  • Charles L Brown New Faculty Teaching Award (2007)
  • Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship (1998-1999)

    Funded Research Grants

  • ARO-DURINT, $421,116, 05/01/01-04/30/06
  • SRC, $237,047, 01/01/03-12/31/05
  • BSF US-Israel, $12,000 (Travel money), 10/01/05-09/30/09
  • DARPA-AFOSR, $70,000, 06/15/05-11/14/05
  • DARPA-AFOSR, $2,400,000, 03/11/06-09/11/07
  • SRC, $15,000 (gift grant), 05/01/06-30/09/06
  • NSF-NUE, $200,000, 12/01/05-11/30/07
  • NSF-NIRT, $1,200,000, 06/01/07-05/31/11
  • NSF-CAREER, $400,000, 02/01/08-01/31/13
  • UTF Fellowship, $7,000, 06/01/09-05/31/10
  • FEST, $50,000, 07/01/08-06/30/09
  • INDEX, $225,000, 09/01/08-08/30/11
  • DARPA-GRANDIS, $14,000,000, 20/11/08-19/11/10

    Teaching

  • Electromagnetic Fields, ECE309 (Fall '05-'07)
  • Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics, ECE587/687 (Spring '06-'08)
  • Solid State Devices, ECE663 (Fall '08)

    Service

  • Referee activity with over 9 journals
  • Organizer of 2 international workshops
  • Organizing Committee of 3 international workshops
  • Session Chair, APS'02, EMC'04, MRS'09
  • Department Committees -- Eminent Speakers Committee, Undergraduate Enrichment Committee
  • UVa Computational Council
  • Organizing Committee, EMC'09
  • Publications co-chair, IEEE-Nano2010