422 Physics Bldg.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
U. Missouri, Columbia MO 65211
Phone: (573) 884-3687
E-mail: guhas "at"missouri.edu
Ph.D . Physics, 1996
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Major Area: Experimental condensed matter physics.
Thesis: Raman spectroscopic studies of Buckminsterfullerene and related compounds.
Advisor: José Menéndez, Professor.
M.S. Physics, 1990
Indian Institute of technology, New Delhi, India
Project: Fabrication and characterization of amorphous silicon solar cells.
B.S. Physics (honours), 1988
Miranda House College, University of Delhi, India
(Physics honours with electives in Mathematics, Chemistry and English)
September 2013-present: Professor of Physics
University of Missouri, Columbia MO
September 2007-2013: Associate Professor of Physics
University of Missouri, Columbia MO
September 2003-August 2007: Assistant Professor of Physics
University of Missouri, Columbia MO
August 2000-August 2003: Assistant Professor of Physics
Missouri State University, Springfield MO
August 1998-July 2000: Assistant Professor of Physics*
Marquette University, Milwaukee WI
August 1996-July 1998: Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Missouri, Columbia MO
* Marquette University announced the closure of their Physics major program in February 2000.
Physics Alumni Faculty Fellow (Sustained Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Service) -2023
Extraordinary Professor – Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, U. Western Cape – Cape Town, South Africa, 2019-2025
Provost’s Award for Leadership in International Education- U. Missouri, 2018
Physics Alumni Faculty Fellow, U. Missouri (2017, 2009)
Excellence in Education Award - MU Division of Student Affairs, 2017
Pesquisador Visitante Especial (Visiting Researcher, CNPq - Brazil), (2014-2017)
Brazil-US Professorship (American Physical Society award) – July 201
Outstanding Referee Recognition (Certificate of Appreciation) – ACS Journals (Dec. 2011)
Visiting Scientist –JNCASR and IISc, Bangalore –India, (Jan 2011-April 2011)
Excellence in Research College Award-Missouri State University, 2002
Mark Anderson Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, Arizona State University (1996)
Suchismita Guha (Arizona, 1996)
José Menéndez (Stuttgart, 1985)
Manuel Cardona (Harvard, 1959)
William Paul ( Aberdeen, 1951)
R.V. Jones ( Oxford, 1934)
F.A. Lindemann ( Berlin, 1910)
W.H. Nernst (Würzburg, 1887)
Friedrich Kohlrausch (Göttingen, 1863)
Wilhelm Weber ( Halle, 1826)
Johann Schweigger ( Erlangen, 1800)
Georg Hildebrandt (MD, Gottingen , 1783)
Johann Gmelin (MD, Tübingen, 1769)
Philipp Gmelin (MD, Tübingen, 1742)
Burchard Mauchart (Lic. Med., Tübingen, 1722)
Elias Camerarius Jr., (MD, Tübingen, 1691)
Elias Camerarius Sr., (MD, Tübingen, 1663)