He directs the Microscale Thermophysics Laboratory,1 which carries out experimental and theoretical research on heat transfer and energy conversion in Li-ion batteries, microscale thermal transport, electrochemistry, etc. He received the UTA College of Engineering Outstanding Early Career Award (2017), NSF CAREER Award (2016), and the ASME EPP Division Young Engineer of the Year Award (2013). He received the Stanford Graduate Fellowship during his Ph.D. (2007) in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and the Institute Silver Medal for the highest GPA among the B. Tech. (2001) class of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.