Rooban Venkatesh K G Thirumalai

• Title: Assistant Director/Assistant Research Professor
• Department: Institute for Imaging & Analytical Technologies
• Phone: (662) 325-7998
• Email: rthirumalai@i2at.msstate.edu
• Office Location: 301 Research Building, Room 510
• Postal Address: P.O. Box 6020, Mississippi State MS 39762
• Campus Mailstop: 9630

Dr. Rooban Venkatesh K.G. Thirumalai received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2013 before joining the Institute for Imaging and Analytical Technologies. At his current position as a Research Engineer III, Dr. Thirumalai’s job responsibilities include research, teaching and training various equipment focusing on the XRD and electron microscopes (SEM & TEM). Dr. Thirumalai’s research focuses on experimental design, implementation, and analysis of a wide variety of materials. Dr. Thirumalai has significant experience in materials characterization techniques.