He earned his Ph.D. from Missouri University of Science & Technology in metallurgical engineering in 2004. His current research interests span across various facets of innovative processing, microstructure, and mechanical characterization of high-temperature energy materials with a specific focus on nuclear materials. He has considerable research experience in high-temperature creep, superplasticity, friction stir welding/processing, and spark plasma sintering. Charit is the author or co-author of about 80 publications in various journals and conference proceedings along with a textbook on nuclear materials. He is professional engineer (PE) licensed in Idaho.