Prof. Vaseashta received PhD from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1990. He is an experienced academic leader, administrator and researcher with over 12 years as administrator as Vice Provost, Director for two research institutes - Advanced Sciences Convergence and International Clean Water Institutes, and Director of Nanomaterials Processing and Characterization Laboratories. He served for over 18 years as an educator and 9 years in Government as Strategic Science & Technology advisor. He served as Director of several NATO Advanced Study Institutes and Advanced Research Workshops supported by NATO’s Emerging Security Challenges Division of the Science for Peace and Security, and served as co-chair of an International Symposium on Nanotechnology & Environmental Pollution Prevention. With a large grants/contracts portfolio, he has an extensive international research and teaching collaboration network that has helped several students and faculty to enhance their research footprint and portfolio. He organized several NATO advanced research activities with international partners and has extensive international research and education collaboration and experience to enhance research footprint and portfolio using nexus of information, technology and knowledge. He authored over 200 research publications, edited/authored seven books on nanotechnology, presented many lectures worldwide and is listed as a much sought-after speaker. Prof. Vaseashta received PhD from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1990. He is an experienced academic leader, administrator and researcher with over 12 years as administrator as Vice Provost, Director for two research institutes - Advanced Sciences Convergence and International Clean Water Institutes, and Director of Nanomaterials Processing and Characterization Laboratories. He served for over 18 years as an educator and 9 years in Government as Strategic Science & Technology advisor. He served as Director of several NATO Advanced Study Institutes and Advanced Research Workshops supported by NATO’s Emerging Security Challenges Division of the Science for Peace and Security, and served as co-chair of an International Symposium on Nanotechnology & Environmental Pollution Prevention. With a large grants/contracts portfolio, he has an extensive international research and teaching collaboration network that has helped several students and faculty to enhance their research footprint and portfolio. He organized several NATO advanced research activities with international partners and has extensive international research and education collaboration and experience to enhance research footprint and portfolio using nexus of information, technology and knowledge. He authored over 200 research publications, edited/authored seven books on nanotechnology, presented many lectures worldwide and is listed as a much sought-after speaker.

diagnostics and therapeutics of angiogenesis-related disorders