earned a Ph.D. in Physics from Boston University, spent five years at Argonne National Laboratory, and is currently a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. His research has included the synthesis and characterization of thin film coatings for more than 30 years. Though his research roots were established in thin film superconducting materials, he currently works on materials for “on-chip” energy storage, such as thin-film ultracapacitors, and biomedical coatings, such as bactericidal and neurostimulation electrode coatings. Most of the research has involved coating synthesis using reactive magnetron sputtering techniques.