After receiving Ph.D. from Cochin University of Science and Technology in India, he joined College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona in 2001 as a research faculty. He moved to UCF in 2011 and his current interest is on developing new teaching methodologies for nanotechnology education and nanoarchitectured devices like energy storage devices, wearables, solar cells and photorefractive polymers. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and is a recipient of Reach for the stars (2016) award, R&D 100 (2015) award, NSF CAREER (2014) award, finalist of WTN (Energy) Award (2014) sponsored by FORTUNE and TIME and VEECO's 2010 best nanotechnology innovation award