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Indian-origin faculty members get named professorships at UW–Madison
The professorship recognizes their contributions to semiconductor research and engineering.
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Bhavana P - Tue, 30, Jun 2026
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Chirag Gupta and Shubhra Pasayat / The University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has appointed Indian-origin faculty members Chirag Gupta and Shubhra Pasayat as Dugald C. Jackson Assistant Professors in its Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The appointments are among six named professorships announced by the department to honor faculty members for excellence in research, teaching and service. The Dugald C. Jackson Assistant Professorship is named after Dugald C. Jackson, the university's first professor of electrical engineering, who helped establish the discipline on campus after joining the faculty in 1891.
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Gupta's research focuses on wide-band-gap and ultra-wide-band-gap semiconductor materials, including gallium nitride (GaN), aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN). His work aims to advance next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices through innovations in semiconductor device physics, fabrication technologies, electrical characterization and materials analysis.
He holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Pasayat's research centers on the design and growth of gallium nitride and related semiconductor materials used in high-electron-mobility transistors. These technologies have applications in improving power conversion for electric vehicles and enabling high-frequency communication systems such as 5G and emerging 6G networks.
Her research also extends to optoelectronic technologies, including light-emitting diodes, lasers, Li-Fi communication, vehicle lighting, artificial horticulture, biophotonics and water and large-area sanitization systems.
She holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara
Named professorships recognize faculty members for distinguished academic achievement while commemorating individuals whose contributions have shaped the university's history.
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