Mitra Dutta
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Mitra Dutta | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Title | Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Chicago (former) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Undergrad of Gauhati University, Physics Graduate at the University of Delhi and The University of Cincinnati |
Mitra Dutta (born 1953)[1] is an Indian-American physicist and electronics engineer known for her research on optoelectronics. She is a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the university's former vice chancellor for research.[2]
Dutta is a graduate of Gauhati University, and has a master's degree in physics from the University of Delhi. She earned a second master's degree and PhD in physics at the University of Cincinnati.[3]
She was a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, the City College of New York, and Brookhaven National Laboratory before becoming a team leader and eventually division director of physics at the United States Army Research Laboratory. She moved to the Army Research Office in 1996, as head of the electronics division and later director of research technology and integration.[4]
Dutta moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001,[5] and was named a Distinguished Professor in 2004.[6] She headed the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for over ten years, from her 2001 appointment until being named vice chancellor for research in 2012.[3][4][5] She stepped down as vice chancellor in 2018, and was succeeded by geneticist Joanna Groden.[7]
