Sudipta Seal, Trustee Chair and UCF Pegasus Professor, Distinguished Professor, joined University of Central Florida (UCF) in fall 1997 after a postdoctoral work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. At UCF, he pioneered nanostructured cerium oxide and other metal/oxide platforms (micro to nano), discovered its antioxidant properties, and applied in various biomedical problems. He served as a Director of Advanced Materials Processing Analysis Center, and Nanotechnology Center, currently Chair of newly created Materials Science and Engineering and holds an appointment with College of Medicine. He is the recipient of the 2002: Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (ONR-YIP), JSPS fellowship, Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow, ASM IIM Lecturer award, Royal Soc of Eng - Visiting Professor Distinguished Fellowship at Imperial College, UK, etc. He was elected to attend the Frontiers of Eng Symposium by National Academy of Engineering. He is the recipient of Fellow of FASM, FAAAS, FAVS, FIoN, FAIMBE, FNAI, FECS, FMRS, FRSC, FIIM, FACERS. He is inducted the Florida Hall of Fame of Inventors, elected World Academy Ceramics Academician. He received the ASM International Albert Sauveur Materials Achievement Award, delivered 2021 Alpha Sigma Mu Award Lecture. He has more than 400 journal papers, books and h index> 99, citation > 42,700 and more than 80 National and International patents. He has more than 80 issued patents and his technology is responsible for various startups.