Praveen Sekhar, PhD

Praveen Sekhar received his BE degree (distinction) in electrical and electronics engineering from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, in 2001, his MS degree in Microelectronics from the University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, Florida, USA in 2005; and his PhD in electrical engineering from USF, Tampa, Florida, USA in 2008. He was a postdoctoral fellow in  the Sensors and Electrochemical Devices group at  Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM before joining Washington State University Vancouver. His current research interests are in the areas of micro and nanoengineered surfaces for sensing applications adrressing energy security, National security and point-of-care diagnostics. Praveen was the receipient of the Outstanding Dissertation Award and is a panelist reviewer for the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.