Primary activities:
- Dean, College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University
- Professor in the Physics Department at Auburn University
- Director of the Magnetized Plasma Research Laboratory (MPRL)
- Co-Principal Investigator, NSF-EPSCoR RII-Track 1: Future Technologies enabled by Plasma Processes (FTPP)
- Co-Principal Investigator, NSF-EPSCoR RII-Track 1: Connecting the Plasma Universe to Plasma Technology in Alabama (CPU2AL)
- Chair, American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP)
- Link to ORCID id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7747-0284
Selected recent professional activities:
- Member – National Academy of Sciences – Board on Physics and Astronomy – 2022 – 2027
- Member – National Science Foundation – Mathematics and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee (MPSAC): 2021-2025
- Associate Editor of the Journal of Plasma Physics (JPP): 2015 – 2026
- Consultant for the non-profit organization – Quality Education for Minorities (QEM Network)
- Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University (2017-2021)
- Member of the National Academies of Sciences Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science Committee (Plasma 2020)
- Charles W. Barkley Professor and Diverstity Faculty Mentor for the Office of Inclusion and Diversity [2015 – 2020]
- Lawrence C. Wit Professor in the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) [2012 – 2017]
Selected honors and awards:
- Outstanding Colleague of the Harrison College of Pharmacy (2024)
- Auburn University SGA – Outstanding Faculty Member for the Graduate School (2019-2020)
- Elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society – Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP) – (2015)
- Auburn SPS – Most Outstanding Professor (MOP) Award – (Spring, 2014)
- Dean’s Research Award – College of Sciences and Mathematics – Auburn University (2013)
- Elected as Fellow of the Alabama Academy of Sciences (2012)
- Elected as Fellow of the National Society of Black Physicists (2011)
- Elected for membership, International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Commission H (2004)
- Outstanding Academic Advisor – College of Science and Mathematics – Auburn University (2003)