Curriculum Vitae for Mandal, Krishna C.

Biographical Profile Interest Background International Activity Professional Preparation Memberships & Professional Activities Positions & Appointments Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

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Mandal, Krishna C.

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Nano-materials, quantum dot (Q-dot) and inorganic-organic based photovoltaics, crystal growth, semiconductors and scintillators, nuclear safeguard, radiation shielding, nuclear (alpha, beta, tritium, x-ray, gamma ray, neutron) detectors, front-end electronics, medical imaging - direct read-out real-time diagnostics (chest radiography, mammagraphy, CT), explosive detection, SERS for CBW agents detection, LW- and MW-IR lasers, THz Electronics, Li-batteries, Fuel cells

Biographical Profile

College
College of Engineering & Comp.
Department
Electrical Engineering
Tenure Status
Tenured

International Activity

International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research, Service
Countries
France, Canada, India
Institutional Focus Areas
Biomedical Sciences, Nanotechnology, Environmental Sciences, Future Fuels, Homeland Security, Materials Research, Science and Engineering (Other), Health Sciences
Extended Residence in Foreign Country
Yes (Canada)
Speaks Non-English Language
Yes (French)

Interest Background

Do you include students in your research?
Undergraduates and Graduates
Interest Keywords
Photovoltaics, Nanomaterials, Quantun Dots, Thin Film Devices, Crystal Growth, Semiconductors, Scintillators, Nuclear Safeguard, Radiation Shielding, THz, Sensors, Detectors, Mid- and LW-IR Lasers, Medical Imaging, Alpha, Beta, Tritium, X-ray, Gamma-ray, Neutron, Front-end Read-out Electronics, Biomolecular Crystallography, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrscopy (SERS), Li-batteries, Fuel Cells
Institutional Focus Areas
Biomedical Sciences, Nanotechnology, Environmental Sciences, Future Fuels, Homeland Security, Materials Research, Science and Engineering (Other), Health Sciences
Personal Focus Areas
Photovoltaics, Nuclear Detectors, Medical Imaging Devices, Front-end Real-time Read-out Electronics, THz-Electronics & Imaging, Sensors, and Detectors

Professional Preparation(Education & Training)

Dates Institution Location Degree Field of Study
1990 - 1994 Ecole Polytechnique, Materials Engineering Department Montreal, Canada Post Doctoral Fellow & Research Associate
1989 - 1990 Ecole Polytechnique, Condensed Matter Physics Division Paris, France CNRS Fellow
1987 - 1989 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Chemical Physics Group Mumbai, India Fellow
1981 - 1988 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur India Ph.D. Photovoltaic Solar Cells, Crystal Growth, and Semiconductor Materials Research

Memberships & Professional Activities

Dates Type Description Institution/Entity
1990 - Present Membership IEEE, SPIE, American Nuclear Society, Materials Research Society, Electrochemical Society Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208,USA
2019 Professional Activity Gave an invited plenary talk at the Nuclear Science Symposium Medical Imaging Conference and 25th International Symposium on "Room Temperature Semiconductor X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detectors" at the International Convention Center, Sydney, Australia Nuclear Science Symposium Medical Imaging Conference
2020 Professional Activity Presented a talk "High-resolution nuclear radiation detectors on 4H-SiC epitaxial layers" at the 20th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), in Kolkata, India 20th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD)

Positions & Appointments

Dates Description Institution/Entity
1994 - 1997 Scientist, Electronic Materials & Devices, Noranda Advanced Materials (NorAM), Noranda, Inc., (Analogic Canada), Montreal H4R2P1, Canada Noranda, Inc., Canada
1997 - 1998 Staff Scientist, Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), Inc., Watertown, MA 02172, USA RMD, Inc., Massachusetts 02172, USA
1998 - 2006 Senior Scientist, Advanced Materials Research Division, EIC Laboratories, Inc., Norwood, MA 02062, USA EIC, Labs., Inc., Massachusetts 02062, USA
2006 - 2009 Director, Solid-State Sensors and Detectors, Advanced Materials Research Division, EIC Laboratories, Inc., Norwood, MA 02062, USA EIC Labs., Inc., Massachusetts 02062, USA
2009 - 2018 Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
01/2019 - Present Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA

Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Dates Type Description Foundation/Entity
1974 Award National Merit Scholarship, Government of India Government of India
1981 Award Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Fellow, Department of Science and Technology Fellow, Government of India Government of India
1989 Award CNRS Fellow, Condensed Matter Physics Group, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Government of France
2010 Award Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Young Faculty Award (YFA), $300,000 DARPA, US Government
2010 Award Department of Energy-Savannah River National Laboratory (DOE-SRNL), $50,000 DOE/SRNL US Government
2011 Award Department of Energy-Nuclear Energy University Program (DOE-NEUP), $1,120,000.00 DOE-NEUP, US Government
2011 Award Department of Energy-National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Los Alamos National Laboratory (DOE-NASA-LANL), $185,000 DOE-NASA-LANL, US Government
2012 Award ASPIRE-I (Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence-I) Award University of South Carolina
2013 Award IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Trainee-ship) Program, $3,000,000.00 IGERT NSF (Photovoltaics Thrust Leader)
2013 Award ASPIRE-III: Infrastructure (Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence-III) Award (Co-PI) University of South Carolina
2014 Award ASPIRE-I (Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence-I) Award University of South Carolina
2016 Award ASPIRE-I (Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence-I) Award University of South Carolina
2017 Award Department of Energy-Nuclear Energy University Program (DOE-NEUP), $800,000.00 DOE-NEUP, US Government
2017 Award ASPIRE-I (Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence-I) Award University of South Carolina
2018 Award Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. - Missile Defense Agency (RMD-MDA), $30,000.00 RMD-MDA, US Government
2018 Award IEEE Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector (RTSD) Scientist of the Year Award (2018) for the work leading to the development of CdZnTe (CZT) Gamma-ray Detectors and SiC X-ray Detectors 2018 IEEE Award on Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector (RTSD)
2018 Award ASPIRE-I (Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence-I) Award University of South Carolina
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