Office (Student Drop-in) Hours

Tuesday 4 to 5 p.m.or by appointment

Education

Ph.D. University of Illinois - Urbana–Champaign, 2000

M.S. University of Illinois - Urbana–Champaign, 1996

B.S. Punjab Agricultural University, 1994

Research Interests

Biobased Materials, Fiber Composites, Nanoscale Materials Synthesis, Processing and Applications, Polymeric Materials Processing, Characterization, Biodegradation, Value Addition to Agricultural Byproducts, Biomass Utilization for Energy Storage

Teaching Interests

Polymeric Materials
Polymer Composites Processing. Characterization, Degradation
Materials from Renewable Resources
Nanocellulosic materials
Material Science
Manufacturing Processes

Courses Taught

ETME 216 Manufact Process Lab Spring 2023

Selected Intellectual Contributions

Selected Awards

  • Elected Fellow of International Academy of Wood Science (2023)
    International Academy of Wood Science
  • Nominated for Charles and Nora Wiley Award for Meritorious Research and Creativity Mentoring (2023)
    Montana State University
  • Nominated for Vice President for Research’s Meritorious Technology and Science Award (2023)
    Montana State University
  • Nominated for Meritorious Technology and Science Award (2022)
    Montana State University
  • Keynote Talk (2022)
    Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops

Selected Grants

  • RII Track-2 FEC: Data science and designing plastics to degrade, from National Science Foundation (NSF).
  • Bioinspired Tuning of Nano Cellulose for Creating a Safe Fire Retardant for Polymer Composites, from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST1).

Selected Engagement, Outreach, and Service

  • Editor-in-Chief  (Jan 2022 - Present) Industrial Crops and Product - An Elsevier Journal
  • Editor  (Dec 2021 - Present) Industrial Crop and Products - An Elsevier Journal
  • Reviewer/Referee  (Jun 2020 - Present) Israel ministry of science and technology
  • Editor  (Jun 2017 - Present) Industrial Crops and Products
  • Foreign doctoral thesis examiner  (Dec 2024) Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

Editor-in-Chief

Industrial Crops and Products. An Elsevier Journal