My qualifications:
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- Ph.D. in materials science in US
- 6 US patents and patent applications
- 5 book chapters
- 19 peer-reviewed publications in major scientific journals
- 16 presentations at international conferences
- over 1,500 worldwide journal citations (my graduate research was a hot area)
- reviewed and judged the work of others in the same field
- 8 support letters (3 US universities, 2 US companies, 1 UK university, 1 Australian institute, 1 Japanese company)
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Frankly, I did not anticipate much difficulty with my company-sponsored petition; I was, however, somewhat surprised at the relatively short time it took to approve the case, especially considering the fact that the Nebraska Service Center is the slowest of all the centers).