Dr. Peter Bermel leads the Energy & Nanophotonics research group at Purdue University, which leverages nanophotonics to improve the performance of microelectronics and energy systems. He has served as the PI for two major centers in secure electronics: ASSURE and SCALE, and over 40 awards from major research sponsors, such as the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Energy, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, NEC Corporation, the Purdue Research Foundation, Applied Research Institute, and the Department of Defense. He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, a Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship, an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, an MIT Compton Fellowship, and the Elmore Named Professor Position. Dr. Bermel is widely published in scientific peer-reviewed journals, and has been cited over 10,500 times, for an h-index of 42. His work is a recurring topic in publications geared towards the general public, including the Washington Post, NPR, and IEEE Spectrum – most recently, for his work on microelectronics workforce development.