Nimmi Sharma

Dr. Sharma earned her BS in Physics Summa Cum Laude at Yale University and her Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University, where she studied thermodynamics and planetary atmospheres. She taught at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey before moving to Central Connecticut State University. She has worked as a Summer Faculty Fellow at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She has served on the Executive Committee of the New England Section of the American Physical Society. Her current research interests are laser radar (LIDAR), optical instrument design,  and laser and optical studies of Earth's atmosphere. She collaborates with scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and University of the Bahamas. She has been awarded external grants from NASA, The National Science Foundation (NSF), and the NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium, as well as numerous internal grants. Dr. Sharma maintains an active undergraduate research group, the  LASER (Lidar Atmospheric Studies and Environmental Research) Group, where motivated undergraduate students develop expertise in research techniques in optical instrument design and environmental optics, participate in national and international collaborations, conduct research in lasers and optics, and prepare, present and publish their findings. Students interested in joining the LASER Group are invited to contact Dr. Sharma via email.