Dr. Pedro Derosa earned his PhD in physics and his degree of Licenciado in physics (equivalent to BS+MS) from the University of Córdoba in Argentina. He then conducted research as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of South Carolina. He serves as an associate professor in a joint appointment with Grambling State University and Louisiana Tech University. Derosa has published 28 peer-reviewed journal articles, 8 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, 3 book chapters, and edited 1 book. His research is in the broad area of molecular modeling, including atomistic and coarse grain simulation models. Derosa uses Density Functional Theory and Green functions to study charge transport in a variety of molecules, polymers, and two dimensional structures, including graphene and MoS2. In addition, stochastics models of carrier transport in nanocomposites and conductive polymers have been developed by his research team. 

He studies molecular transport in nanostructures, using Monte Carlo coarse grained models also developed by his research team. Currently, molecular storage and release in clay nanotubes and hydrogels are being studied.