Research Interests Scientific Visualization and Applications, Computational Materials, Large-Scale Simulations Dr. Karki was awarded National Science Foundation CAREER grant in 2004. He won LSU Phi Kappa Phi and College of Science awards in 2008, and LSU Rainmakers award in 2010. He received JMGM graphics prize in 2009 and JSPS fellowship in 2012. His research projects involve the development and application of a metacomputing-visualization framework to address fundamental materials problems for key geophysical/geochemical implications.