Education: 

• B.S.-Meerut University, India
• M.S.-Meerut University, India
• Ph.D-Kanpur University, India  (Thesis: "X-ray Spectra of Some Complex Compounds")

Professional Activities and Interests:  

• National President of the American Chapter of the Indian Physics Association, 1995-97
• President, Sigma Xi (Oswego Chapter), 1995-96
• Co-Principal-Investigator. Project: Explorations in Mathematics and Physics (EMP96)
• Atomic Physics
• Chemical Physics
• History of Science
• Science Education

Awards:

• President Award for Creative and Scholarly Activity or Research, SUNY Oswego. 2001-2002.
• NOVA/NASA Faculty Fellow, NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics (NOVA), a program for education, science, mathematics, engineering and technology university faculty involved in the content education of future K-12 teachers. 2001-2002.
• Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, The State University of New York, 1996-1997.

Recent Publications:  

• "Some Thoughts on Sharing Science", Ivan Brady and Alok Kumar, Science Education (USA) 84, 507-523 (2000).
• "Telling Stories: Some Remarks on Orality in Science", Scott Montgomery and Alok Kumar, Science as Culture (UK) 9(3) 391-404 (2000).
• Science in the Medieval World, S.I. Salem and A.Kumar, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1991 and 1996.
• Oswego program pitches math and science to youth, The Valley News, July 18, 1994, Fulton, NY.
• Course explores diversity in history of science, Update, October 20, 1993.
• The Physics of X-Rays, S.I. Salem and A.Kumar. A Chapter in the book, Horizons of Physics, Ed. A. W. Joshi, Wiley Eastern Ltd., India, 1989.

Recent Media Articles:

• “SUNY prof:” Respect comes from knowledge, New York Teacher, November 20, 2002.
• “Two professors”, Campus Update, to be recognized for outstanding research, vol. 13, no. 15, April 10, 2002.
• “Out-of-This-World Honor”, The Post-Standard, January 8, 2002, about my selection as a NOVA/NASA Faculty Fellow for 2001-2002.