Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical and Health Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, (412) 268-8739m FAX (412) 268-7596, email: kumta@cmu.edu

Sol-gel and mechanochemical syntheses of electrochemically active and biodegradable ceramic and polymer materials, and composites, microstructural analysis, structure-property correlation

B. Tech. (Honors), Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (1984),
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona (1987),
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona (1990).

Member, American Ceramic Society.
Member, Materials Research Society.
Member, Electrochemical Society.

Organizer, Symposium on Role of Ceramics in Advanced Electrochemical Systems, American Ceramic Society, 1995.
Organizer, Symposium on Processing and Characterization of Electrochemical Materials and Devices, American Ceramic Society, 1999
Organizer, Symposium on Chemical Aspects of Electronic Ceramics Processing, MRS Fall Meeting,1997.

Assistant Professor (1990-1995), Associate Professor (1995-1999), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Nanostructured Non-Oxide Composites for Electrochemical Applications (PI), ONR (4/10/00-9/30/02).
Nanoscale Microstructural Design of Hydrazide Sol-Gel Derived Titanium NitrideParticles (PI), NSF (9/01/00-8/31/03).
Novel Electrochemically Active Nanocomposites Comprising Intermetallic and Transition Metal Containing Non-Oxides (PI), Mitsubishi Chemical Company (10/01/00-9/30/01)
Electrochemically Active Nanocomposites: A Fundamental Study of the Molecular Processes (PI), DOE (pending).
Novel Biodegradable Polymer and Hydroxyapatite Structures with Controlled Interfaces (Co-PI), NSF (6/01/00-5/31/03).

J.W. Calvert, K.G. Marra, L.E. Weiss, L.A.Cook, P.N. Kumta, P.A. DiMilla, Characterization of Osteoblast-like Behavior of Cultured Bone Marrow Stromal Cells on Various Polymer Surfaces, J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 52 (2000), 279-284.

K.G. Marra, J.W. Szem, P.N. Kumta, P.A. DiMilla, L.E. Weiss, In Vitro Analysis of Biodegradable Polymer Blend/Hydroxyapatite Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering, J. Biomedical Materials Research 47 (1999) 324-335.

C.C. Chang, J. Y. Kim and P.N. Kumta, Synthesis and electrochemical Characterization of Divalent Cation-Incorporated Lithium Nickel Oxide, J. Electrochemical Society, 147 (5) (2000) 1722-1729.