Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Vice President for Research and Support and a Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta's research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has mentored 10 PhD/Postdoc scholars, 76 MS students, and 58 undergraduate/high school students. Dr. Gupta has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles (10000+ citations, 58 h-index, 219 i10-index), made over 450 national/international/regional presentations, chaired/organized many sessions at national/international meetings, wrote several book chapters (100+), worked as Editor for many books (50+) for American Chemical Society, CRC, Springer, Elsevier, etc. and received several million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies. He is also serving as Editor, Associate Editor, Guest Editor, and Editorial board member for various journals.