• Assistant Professor, School of Packaging, MSU (2025 -present)

• Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Hampton University  (2023-2025)

• Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Packaging, Michigan State University (2022 - 2023)

• Lecturer/Chairperson, Polymer Technology and Engineering Department, Harare Institute of Technology (2021-2022)

• Research Associate, Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (2020-2021) 

• PhD; Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (2016 -2021)

• MTech Polymer Technology, Department of Applied Chemistry, Delhi Technological University (2013-2015)

• BTech Chemical and Process Systems Engineering, Harare Institute of Technology (2008-2012). 

Awards & Achievements 

1. Early Career Editorial Board member, Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology (2025-present)

2. Vice Chancellor's Prize for the best graduating student in Chemical and Process Systems Engineering

3. Lafarge Cement prize for the overall best student in Chemical and Process Systems Engineering

4. Chemical and Process Systems Engineering/INSTICHEM prize for the best student in HIT 200 TEAM product development project

5. PhD research scholarship (IISc)

6. Awarded conference grant to attend the Polymer Processing Society Conference 2019 in South Africa.

7. Awarded conference grant to attend the 11th International Workshop on Advanced Materials 2019 in the United Arab Emirates.

8. Awarded Nanyang Technological University Singapore-sponsored assistance to attend the ICMAT conference in Singapore (2019).

9. Awarded a 6-month Ph.D. collaboration program at KU Leuven, Belgium (2020) -(Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic).

Openings 

We endeavor to build a multidisciplinary team of researchers. Currently, we are seeking PhD and Master's students with Packaging/Engineering/Chemistry backgrounds who are interested in joining the group. Email me if interested. If you have funds and want to be hosted, please email muzatat1@msu.edu.