• A chemist with an extensive background in semiconductor materials and a broad training in the areas of photovoltaics, betavoltaics and photo-catalysis.• Experienced in the development of semiconductor nanomaterials and nanostructured thin films for the photo-catalysis, photovoltaics, betavoltaics, hydrogen production and hydrogen storage applications.• Highly skilled and an expert on thin film deposition techniques like chemical bath deposition, dip-coating, spin coating, spray coating, screen printing, sputtering and thermal evaporation. • Advanced level knowledge and understanding in the fabrication of photovoltaic and betavoltaic devices and their current-voltage characterizations under visible light and beta radiation.• Advanced level proficiency on a broad range of analytical techniques to characterize nanomaterials and thin films. • Experienced in control/work/program on a broad range of analytical and thin film coating instruments.