Subrata Roy (scientist)

Subrata Roy
Subrata Roy
Born	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Jadavpur University B.M.E.; University of Tennessee, Knoxville Ph.D.
Known for	Flow Control using novel plasma actuators; and micro and nanofluidics.
Awards	Fellow, National Academy of Inventors; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
	Scientific career
Fields	Computational fluid dynamics (non-relativistic, non-quantum, Newtonian); plasma physics; flow control; turbulence; hypersonic speed; microfluidics; nanofluidics; nanotechnology
Institutions	University of Florida; Kettering University; University of Tennessee; University of Manchester; Indian Institute of Technology Bombay;
Website	mae.ufl.edu/people/profiles/subrata-roy/

Subrata Roy (Bengali: সুব্রত রায়) is an Indian-born American inventor, educator, and scientist known for his work in plasma-based flow control and plasma-based self-sterilizing technology. He is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida and the founding director of the Applied Physics Research Group at the University of Florida. He is also the President and the founder of SurfPlasma Inc., a biotechnology company in Gainesville, Florida.