Prabhakar Misra
(VISITING SCIENTIST)
Org Code: 699
NASA/GSFCMail Code: 699
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: HOWARD UNIV
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Howard University - Washington, DC
September 1997 - Present
Chair
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Howard University - Washington, DC
August 2010 - July 2014
Associate Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Howard University - Washington, DC
September 1992 - September 1997
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Howard University - Washington, DC
September 1988 - September 1992
Education
M.S. (Physics, 1981), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
M.Sc (Physics, 1978), University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
B.Sc (Physics Honors, 1975), University of Calcutta, India
Professional Societies
The American Physical Society
Elected Fellow (2015)
1988 - Present
The Optical Society of America
Senior Member (since 2010)
2000 - Present
Fulbright Association
Lifetime Member
2005 - Present
American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
Fellow
2000 - Present
Sigma Xi
President of Howard University Chapter of Sigma Xi (2013-14)
2004 - Present
Professional Service
o International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), Phuket, Thailand (2009)
o International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), Noida, India (2013)
o Optoelectronics, Photonics & Applied Physics (OPAP), Singapore (2013)
o International Conference on Energy Harvesting, Storage and Conversion (IC-EEE), Cochin, India (2015)
• Research Proposal Reviewer
o National Science Foundation (1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2013)
o The American Chemical Society (2003)
o National Institutes of Health (1994)
o Agency for International Development (1993)
• Research Journal Reviewer
o Applied Optics (2012)
o Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2009)
o Computers, Materials & Continua (2007-09)
o Journal of Lightwave Technology (2008)
o Journal of Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (2007-08)
• Panel Memberships
o Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) (2014)
o NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Physics 1 and Astronomy (2012, 2014 & 2015)
o National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (2011)
o NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program Evaluation (2011)
Awards
• Robert H. Goddard Team Award for Excellence in Science, 2018
• NASA Astrobiology Institute Research Support (NAI-MIRS) Program Award, 2008 & 2012
• NASA DC Space Grant Consortium Faculty Fellowship Award, 2009 & 2010
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Certificate of Appreciation, 2008
• NASA ESMD Faculty Fellowship Award, 2007 & 2008
• Fulbright Scholar Award, 2004-2005
• NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Program Award, 1999-2001
• Johnetta G. Davis Student Service Award, 1998
• Professional Profile Cited in Marquis Who's Who in Science & Engineering, 1992-1993
Selected Publications
Refereed
Bower, D., P. Misra, M. Peterson, et al. M. Howard, T. Hewagama, N. Gorius, S. Li, S. Aslam, T. Livengood, A. McAdam, and J. Kolasinski. 2020. Comparative VIS and NIR Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy of Lunar Analog Samples Europlanet Science Congress 2020, online [10.5194/epsc2020-427]
Casimir, D., H. Alghamdi, I. Y. Ahmed, R. Garcia-Sanchez, and P. Misra. 2019. Raman Spectroscopy of Graphene, Graphite and Graphene Nanoplatelets 2D Materials [Working Title] [10.5772/intechopen.84527]
Casimir, D., I. Ahmed, R. Garcia-Sanchez, P. Misra, and F. Diaz. 2018. Raman Spectroscopy of Graphitic Nanomaterials Raman Spectroscopy [10.5772/intechopen.72769]
Misra, P., R. Garcia, P. R. Mahaffy, J. Canham, and D. E. Jallice. 2014. SAM/MSL Terrestrial Background Spectral Library NASA Tech Briefs, Software Supplement 23
Ahmido, T., A. Ting, and P. Misra. 2013. Femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of surface nitrate chemicals Applied Optics 52 (13): 3049-3057 [10.1364/AO.52.003048]
Garcia-Sanchez, R., T. Ahmido, D. Casimir, S. Baliga, and P. Misra. 2013. Thermal effects associated with the Raman spectroscopy of WO3 gas sensor materials J. Phys. Chem. A 117 13825-13831 [10.1021/jp408303p]
Misra, P., S. Gatica, and D. Casimir. 2012. Simulation and modeling of wetting and adsorption phenomena associated with nanomaterials Computers, Materials & Continua (CMC) 7 (3): 135-142 [10.3970/sl.2012.007.135]
Han, X. L., M. C. Blosser, P. Misra, and C. Haridass. 2012. Abrupt changes in neon discharge plasma detected via the optogalvanic effect Thin Solid Films 521 155-157 [10.1016/j.tsf.2011.12.088]
De, T., A. Romanyukha, F. Trompier, B. Pass, and P. Misra. 2012. Feasibility of Q-band EPR dosimetry in biopsy samples of dental enamel, dentine and bone Appl. Magn. Reson. 44 (3): 375-387 [10.1007/s00723-012-0379-9]
Han, X. L., C. Haridass, and P. Misra. 2010. Collisional rate parameters for the 1s4 energy level of neon for 638.3 nm and 650.7 nm transitions from the analyses of the time-dependent optogalvanic signals J. At. Mol. Sci. 1 (2): 118-125 [10.4208/jams.051509.071209a]
Misra, P., I. Misra, and X. L. Han. 2008. Laser optogalvanic spectroscopy of neon at 659.9 nm in a discharge plasma and nonlinear least-squares fitting of associated waveforms Nonlinear Analysis 71 (12): e661-e664 [10.1016/j.na.2008.11.086]