Devki N Talwar
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Devki N Talwar graduated from Allahabad University in India in 1976 with a PhD degree in Condensed Matter Physics. From 1977-80 he worked as a Visiting Scientist at the Commissariat a’l Energie Atomic, Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France with M Vandevyver. While at Saclay he collaborated with theoretical /experimental group of M Balkanski, including Karel Kunc, M Zigone and G Martinez and supervised three PhD theses. In January 1980 he joined the Physics Department, University of Houston as a Visiting Professor and collaborated with P C S Ting on problems related to the electronic properties of defects in semiconductors and supervised a PhD student. From 1982-87 he was a Faculty at Texas A & M University. He joined the Physics Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1987, supervised 20 MS theses. Since 2007-2014, he has served as the Chairperson of the Physics Department.