He received his M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Cincinnati and his Ph.D. from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. Before coming to Penn State, he was an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Florida and prior to that, he was a development engineer in Advanced Design at Intel Corporation. His research interests include the low-power circuit design, hardware security and digital testing. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers and the recipient of a DARPA Young Faculty Award (2015).