Dulal Senapati received the Ph.D. degree in chemical physics from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He is currently a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS. Presently He is involved in research on nanomaterials-based optical methodologies applicable in energy resource, sensing and environmental security. He is the author or coauthor of more than 30 published papers in last ten years.