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Associate Head (Graduate) | Chemistry, University of Calgary (2017- 2021)

• Professor | Chemistry, University of Calgary (2015- )

• Associate Professor | Chemistry, University of Calgary (2012 - 2015)

• Visiting Associate Professor | Materials Science, University of Maryland, College Park, USA (2012 - 2013)

• Assistant Professor | Chemistry, University of Calgary (2005 - 2012)

• Guest Professor| Faculty of Engineering, University of Kiel, Germany (2002 - 2005)

• Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) PDF | Faculty of Engineering, University of Kiel, Germany (2000 - 2002)

• PhD | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (1999)

• MSc | Chemistry, Muthurangam Government Arts College, Vellore, affiliated to University of Madras, India (1991)

• BSc | Education, Government College of Education, Vellore, affiliated to University of Madras, India (1992)

• BSc | Chemistry, Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur, affiliated to University of Madras, India (1989)

Awards

• HWK-Fellowhsip, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Delmenhorst, Germany (2021)

• Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry, Chemical Institute of Canada (2021)

• Parex Innovation Fellow, University of Calgary (2020)

• Peak Scholar, University of Calgary (2019)

• Keith Laidler Award, Canadian Society for Chemistry, The Chemical Institute of Canada (2016)

• Outstanding Invention of 2013, University of Maryland, College Park, USA (2013)

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Guest Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kiel, Germany (2005)

• Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) PDF scholarship, Chair for Sensors and Solid State Ionics, Faculty of Engineering, U of Kiel, Germany (2002)

 

Professional Affiliation

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Fellow

• The Electrochemical Society (Since 2020)

• International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden. (Since 2019)

• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK. (Since 2015)

Editorial Advisory Board

• Chemistry of Materials, ACS. (Since 2020)

• Energy Technology, Wiley-VCH. (Since 2014)

• Scientific Reports, Nature. (Since 2014)

• J. Materials Chemistry A, RSC. (Since 2013)

Member

• Materials Research Society (MRS), USA. (2013-2014)

• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Canada (SOFCC). (Since 2007)

• The International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). (2007-2014)

• Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC). (Since 2007)

• The Western Canada Fuel Cell Initiative (WCFCI), Canada. (Since 2005)

• The Electrochemical Society Inc. (ECS), USA. (Since 2000)

 

Board of Editors

• International Journal of Ionics, Springer (Since 2005)