Dr. Yugender has had extensive research experience as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Johns Hopkins University in the Institute of Nanobiotechnology, as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanoengineering Department at the University of California San Diego, and in the Air Quality & Materials Application Lab at Hanyang University in South Korea. Dr. Yugender has also completed an Erasmus Mundus Ph.D. at the BAE Laboratory at the University of Perpignan in France. Dr. Yugender's educational background includes a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the National Institute of Technology in Warangal, India and Biosensors-Analyses-Environment Laboratory at the University of Perpignan in France, a Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry from the National Institute of Warangal, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology from Kakatiya University in Warangal, India.