She joined the faculty in January, 2004. She holds M.S. (1978) and Ph.D. (1981) degrees in Physics from the University of Cincinnati. From 1981-1985, she was a Senior Research Engineer at Westinghouse R&D Center. She served as a Senior Scientist, Manager of the Thin Films Lab and PVD Process Development at Materials Research Corporation and Veeco Instruments from 1985-2000. Prior to coming to the University of Alabama, she served as Director of Technology for KDF from 2000-2004. Dr. Gupta has over 60 publications and four patents.