PI -Suchi Guha
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)
EMPLOYMENT
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.
HONORS
Extraordinary Professor – Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, U. Western Cape – Cape Town, South Africa, 2019-2021
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)
ACADEMIC GENEALOGY (from JM's Website)
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)