Nilakshi Veerabathina

Dr. Nilakshi Veerabathina is a professor in the Department of Physics, College of Science at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA since 2005. Prior to joining UT Arlington, she taught for three years at the Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA. Dr. Veerabathina did her doctoral work in Astronomy at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES). Her research focused on the study of star clusters for which she received Ph.D. degree from Kumaun University, Nainital in 2003. She won the Faculty Service-Learning teaching award at UT Arlington in 2011. She is also a recipient of the University of Texas System’s most prestigious Board of Regents’ Outstanding Teaching award in 2012. It is one of the most competitive teaching awards in the United States. She won the Faculty Advisor of the Year award in 2013, and the Provost’s award of Excellence in Teaching at UT Arlington in 2018. She is involved in leading and facilitating many teaching-related programs at her university. Her teaching philosophy of “Active and Experiential Learning” makes the students the most important part of the learning process and discovery.

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