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Dr. Tiwari is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and the Director of the Nanostructured Materials Research Laboratory. He was also the Director of the Spintronics group of the National Science Foundation’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (NSF-MRSEC) at the University of Utah from 2014 to 2018. Prof. Tiwari received his Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in the year 2000. After doing post docs at the University of Delaware and North Carolina State University, Prof. Tiwari joined the University of Utah in 2005 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering. In 2010, he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure and in 2016 to the rank of full Professor. In his research career spanning two decades, Prof. Tiwari has made several important scientific, technological and entrepreneurial contributions in materials science and engineering. Prof. Tiwari’s research lab is actively involved in cutting-edge research focused on advanced materials. His particular focus is on low-dimensional systems such as thin films, nanodots, and multi-layered structures. Prof. Tiwari has to date published more than 130 peer reviewed research articles in journals and holds 8 US patents. His current h-index is 45. Prof. Tiwari has also received several awards including NSF CAREER Award, TMS Young Leader Award, PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship (SFFP) and NAI Senior Member Award. Prof. Tiwari serves on the editorial board of several journals including Scientific Reports, a journal from the Nature Publishing Group.
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