EDUCATION

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering (1989)

Banaras Hindu University, India; B. Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering (1985)

EXPERIENCE

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Troy, NY

Henry Burlage Chaired Professorship in Engineering (September 2004)

Director, Interconnect Focus Center, New York (September 2004)

Professor with tenure (May 2001)
Associate Professor with tenure (December 99 – May 2001)

Assistant Professor, tenure track (January 97 – December 99)

ISIS, Universite Louis Pasteaur, Strasbourg, France Visiting Professor; Sabbatical Leave (March 2003 – August 2003)

Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (August 95 – December 96)

Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay, France Researcher au CNRS (May 93 – July 95)

Fundamental Research Laboratory, NEC Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan Post-doctoral Researcher (April 90 – May 93)

RECOGNITION

RPI School of Engineering Research Award, 2003

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1998

Burton Award, Microscopy Society of America, 1997

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 1995

Presidential Student Award, Electron Microscopy Society of America, 1989

Hadfield Medal for Outstanding Metallurgist, Calcutta (India), 1985

Bachelor of Technology Gold Medal, Banaras Hindu University (India), 1985

Advisory Board Member, Petroleum Research Fund, ACS, 2003 onwards

Advisory Editorial Board Member of Advanced Materials

Advisory Editorial Board Member of Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Advisory Editorial Board Member of Small (VCH-Wiley Journal of Nanotechnology)

Advisory Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Nanomedicine

Advisory Editorial Board Member of Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Advisory Editorial Board of TIP Revista Especialzada en Ciencias Quimico-Biologicas

Advisory Editorial Board Member of Zeitschrift für Metallkunde

Scientific Advisory Editorial Board of The Nanotech Company LLC

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Carbon Based Materials (Carbon Nanofibers, Nanotubes, Fullerenes, Nanostructured Diamond)

Nanostructures (Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, Nanostructured Bio-architectures)

Electron Microscopy & Electron Spectroscopy

Sensors, Electromechanical Actuators

Nanoscale Materials of Natural and Biological Origin

Structural Stability and Phase Transitions in Low Dimensional Systems

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1. “Making Functional Materials with Carbon Nanotubes“ MRS Conference Proceeding Editors: P. Bernier, P. M. Ajayan, P. Nikolaev and Y. Iwasa Year of Publication: 2002

2. “Nanocomposite Science and Technology”, VCH/Wiley Publishers Book Authors: P. M. Ajayan, L. Schadler and P. Braun. Year of Publication: 2003

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

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