After completing his Ph.D in Physics in 2008 from Brown University he joined Center for Materials and Information Technology (MINT Center) at University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa as a Post-Doctoral researcher (2007-10) and then a Research scientist (2010-12). He also taught at the Physics department as an Adjunct Asst. Professor. From UA, he moved to University of Tennessee as a post-doctoral fellow (2012-2014). His research interests are on growth and electronic properties of complex materials and thin-film heterostructures. He has 40 publications.