Dr. Sundaram, a Materials Scientist, joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 1994. Since then, he has worked on projects covering a wide range of areas, for example, high-temperature vitrification of nuclear wastes, evaluation of aging nuclear reactors, and electrochemical corrosion and protection of materials in aggressive environments. Since 2000, he has initiated and is growing the area of non-oxide materials research for application in chemical/bio/nuclear sensing. In collaboration with his colleagues, he has been developing non-oxide glass processing capability and working on various aspects of integrated infrared photonic materials and structures (nanoscale - microscale) for chemical sensing applications to meet the needs of the research sponsors. In addition, he has used quasi-optics to develop advanced millimeter/THz wave technology for non-contact measurement of materials properties and process parameters in adverse environments. Currently, he is leading the team that is developing real-time spectroscopic monitoring of nanoparticle-cell Interactions for rapid screening and discovery of biomarkers.