1990 Ph.D. Physics, North Carolina State University
1980 B.A. Physics, State University of New York, College at Geneseo

2009 – Alcoa Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University 
2009 - NC State Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award
2006 – Director, NC State Univ. Nanotechnology Initiative
2002 – 2009, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University 
1998-2002, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, NC State University
1993 - Adjunct Faculty, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NC State University     
1992 - 98, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, NC State University
1990 - 92, Post-doctoral Researcher, IBM T.J.Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY: TFT's for AMLCD's
1984 - 90, Graduate Student, Dept. of Physics, North Carolina State University: Amorphous Si materials and devices             
1980 - 84, Research Technician, GTE Laboratories, Waltham MA: Semiconductor photo-electrochemistry