Prof. Makarand (“Mak”) Paranjape joined Georgetown University (Washington, DC) in 1998 and is an Associate Professor (Physics) and Director of the Georgetown Nanoscience and Microtechnology Laboratory cleanroom facility. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (1993) from the University of Alberta (Edmonton), and held post-doctoral positions at Concordia University (Montreal), Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), and the University of California (Berkeley). In 1995, Paranjape joined the Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (IRST) in Trento, Italy as a Consulting Engineer. Paranjape has reviewed for the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Prof. Paranjape’s research interests focus on the engineering of micro-/nano-devices primarily for biomedical applications. In 2013, he was presented with Georgetown University’s Award for Outstanding Contribution in Innovation and Commercialization. In addition to scholarship, Paranjape enjoys teaching, and in 2011, he was awarded the Georgetown College Dean’s Teaching Award.
