Dr. Vadapalli earned his PhD (1994) in Nuclear Physics from the Andrha University, India, and MS (2001) in Computational Engineering from Mississippi State University, Starkville. He has over a decade of experience in high performance computing with applications in physics, chemistry, engineering and medicine. His current research interests are in cancer biomedical informatics, and reservoir modeling and characterization. As a Research Scientist at HPCC, he is responsible for HPC application development, fostering new collaborations and outreach.