RAS B. PANDEY

Professor

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5046, USA

Telephone: 601 266 4485; Fax: 601 266 5149; Email: ras.pandey@usm.edu

EDUCATION:

o M.Sc. 1974, B.Sc. 1972, University of Allahabad, India.

o Ph.D. 1981, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India; Critical Properties of Pure and Diluted Heisenberg Spin Systems (Renormalization Group Approach).

EXPERIENCE:

o Professor, since 1994,University of Southern Mississippi, MS, USA

o Research Physicist, 1998-2008, Naval Research Laboratory-Stennis, MS, USA

o Assoc. Professor, 08/88-01/94, University of Southern Mississippi, MS, USA

o Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, 01/88-07/88, Cologne and Juelich, Germany

o Acting Chair, 08/87-05/88, Jackson State University, MS, USA

o Assistant Professor, 03/85-05/88, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA

o Postdoc., 09/84-02/85, University of Georgia, GA, USA

o Postdoc., 11/83-08/84, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, England

o Postdoc., 01/83-10/83, Cologne University, Germany

o Visiting Asst. Professor, 07/81-12/82, N. C. State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:

Referee for research journals: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review, Journal of Physics A and C, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Macromolecules, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, European Physical Journal, and conferences. Reviewer for books, grant proposals, external examiner and dissertation reviewer. Member of various committees: department, college, university, international conferences, and accreditation board.