Sukant Kishore Tripathy

Background

Tripathy, Sukant Kishore was born on August 4, 1952 in Chakradharpur, Bihar, India. Son of Jyotish C. and Usha Tripathy. came to the United States, 1976.

Education

Master of Science, Institute of Information Technologies Kharagpur, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve U., 1981.

Career

Technical staff member, GTE laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1981-1983; research manager, GTE laboratories, Waltham, 1983-1986; associate professor of chemistry, U. Lowell, Massachusetts, 1986-1987; professor of chemistry, U. Lowell, since 1987; director center advanced materials, U. Massachusetts, Lowell, since 1992. Director Molecular Technologies, Inc., Lowell, since 1987. Vice chancellor academic affairs U. Massachusetts, Lowell, 1994-1996.

Achievements

• Sukant Kishore Tripathy has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry award 1993), American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, materials research society, Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Connections

Married Susan Thomson, September 5, 1981. Children: Sheila, Aneil.

Father:

Jyotish C. Tripathy

Mother:

Usha Tripathy

Spouse:

Susan Thomson

child:

Sheila Tripathy

child:

Aneil Tripathy