V. K. Varadan

Vijay K. Varadan is currently the Twenty-First Century Endowed Chairin Nano-and Bio-Technology and Medicine, and Distinguished Professorof Electrical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of BiomedicalEngineering (College of Engineering) and Neurosurgery (College ofMedicine) at University of Arkansas. He is also a Professor of Neurosurgeryat the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He also holdshonorary doctorate degrees in Nano-, and Bio-Technologies and Medicinefrom India. He joined the University of Arkansas in January 2005 afterserving on the faculty of Cornell University, Ohio State University andPennsylvania State University for the past 39 years. He is also the Directorof the Center of Excellence for Nano-, Micro-, and Neuro-Electronics,Sensors and Systems and the Director of the NSF Center for WirelessNanosensors and Systems (WiNS). He is also a Director of the GlobalInstitute of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine (GINTEM).The purpose of this Institute is to create a global effort to solve current andfuture medical concerns using advanced nanotechnologies by developingResearch Hospitals at selected overseas countries. Varadan has concentratedon the design and development of various electronic, acoustic andstructural composites, smart materials, structures, and devices includingsensors, transducers, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), synthesisand large scale fabrication of carbon nanotubes, NanoElectroMechanicalSystems (NEMS), microwave, acoustic and ultrasonic wave absorbersand filters. He has developed neurostimulator, wireless microsensors andsystems for sensing and control of Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, glucose inthe blood and Alzheimer's disease. He is also developing both silicon andorganic based wireless sensor systems with RFID for human gait analysisand sleep disorders and various neurological disorders. He was a founderand the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Smart Materials and Structures.He was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nanotechnologyin Engineering and Medicine. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of theJournal of Smart Nanosystems in Engineering and Medicine, and Editor ofthe Journal of Advanced Materials Research. He is an Associate Editor of theJournal of Microlithography, Microfabrication and Microsystem. He serveson the editorial board of International Journal of Computational Methods.He has published more than 500 journal papers and 15 books. He has 15patents pertinent to conducting polymers, smart structures, smart antennas,phase shifters, carbon nanotubes, and implantable device for Parkinson'spatients, MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes. He is a fellow of SPIE,ASME, Institute of Physics, Acoustical Society of America. He has manyvisiting professorship appointments in leading schools overseas.