Starting with his Ph.D. research at Texas A&M University, Praveen has worked extensively using experiments and careful numerical simulations to advance the understanding of turbulent mixing due to fluid instabilities. Praveen is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. As a CTL faculty fellow, Praveen is interested in Adaptive Learning, Active Learning, and new faculty mentoring, and will champion initiatives in these areas. and understanding.