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Department of Physics College of Arts and Sciences

Yogesh K. Vohra

Professor University Scholar and Associate Dean ykvohra@uab.edu
ESH 4131
(205) 975-3675

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Research and Teaching Interests: Solid State Physics, Nanotechnology, Materials Innovations

Office Hours: By appointment only

Education:

  • B.S., Delhi University, India, Physics
  • M.S., Delhi University, India, Physics
  • Ph.D., Bombay University, India, Physics
  • Postdoc, University of Paderborn, Germany, Physics 
  • Postdoc, Cornell University, Materials Science & Engineering

Dr. Yogesh Vohra joined UAB in 1992 after completing his postdoctoral research training at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Dr. Yogesh Vohra is currently a Professor University Scholar in the Department of Physics and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is the founding Director of the UAB Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration (CNMB) at UAB. CNMB is a world-class interdisciplinary research and student training center focusing on the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials with broad applicability in materials under extreme environments, nano-enabled biomedical imaging and drug delivery platforms, and nanostructured coatings and materials for biomedical implants and vascular grafts. 

Dr. Vohra has active research grants from National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Army Research Office, Alabama Department of Commerce, and the US Department of Education. 23 Ph.D. students and 9 MS students have completed their thesis dissertation research under Dr. Vohra’s supervision during 1992-2016. His Ph.D. students are enjoying rewarding careers at Department of Energy National Laboratories, as faculty members in academia, and as innovators in industrial research laboratories.