ACADEMIC PREPARATION

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate, Geology and Geophysics and Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University,USA

2003-2007 Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Miami University,USA

2001-2003 Master of Sciences in Engineering and Applied Geology, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

1995-1998 Master of Science in Geology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2016-date Associate Professor, University of Delaware

2011-2016 Assistant Professor, University of Delaware

2007-2010 Interdepartmental Bateman Postdoctoral Fellow,Yale University

2003-2007 Teaching/Research Assistant, Miami University

PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY HONORS

• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2017

• Senior Visiting Fellow, Xiamen University, 2017

• Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising and Mentoring Award, University of Delaware,2016

• New Investigator Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2013

• Ralph Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), 2012

• Best paper (First Runner-Up Award) in the journal of Environmental Science & Technology, 2008

• Interdepartmental Bateman Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yale University, 2007

• GDL Foundation Fellowship, 2007