Sita Dugu is a postdoctoral researcher at NREL investigating pnictides thin films grown by physical vapor deposition. She earned her doctorate from the University of Puerto Rico, which focused on the oxide materials for memory application. She has extensively worked on synthesizing and characterizing thin films as well as bulk materials applicable for spintronics, multiferroics, and resistive switching memories.  
 
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Research Interests

Magnetic material 

Perovskite oxides 

Photovoltaics 

Education

Ph.D., Material Science, University of Puerto Rico

M.S., Physics, Tribhuwan University

B.S., Physics, Tribhuvan University

Professional Experience

Instructor, Whatcom Community College (2021–2022) 

Research Assistant, University of Puerto Rico (2014–2018) 

Teaching Assistant, University of Puerto Rico (2015–2018) 

Preparing Future Faculty, University of Puerto Rico (2018) 

Awards and Honors

First Place, APL Materials Excellence in Research Award (2018) 

Dean of Graduate Student on Investigation Fellowship, University of Puerto Rico (2018–2020) 

Mini Research Project Grant, University Grant Commission, Nepal (2013)