Dr. Sunita Gangopadhyay, an executive director at Seagate Technology, earned her doctorate in physics at UD in 1993 with a specialization in magnetism and magnetic materials. Gangopadhyay leads teams of up to 50 professional engineers at Seagate Technology, the world's largest manufacturer of hard disk drives.

"The research opportunities while a student instilled lasting confidence and passion for my work. My thanks goes out to the professors in the Department of Physics and Astronomy."