Dr. Sumit Bhawal

Associate Professor, Science

Biography

Accounting can be divided into several fields including financial accounting, management accounting, external auditing, tax accounting and cost accounting. Accounting information systems are designed to support accounting functions and related activities. Financial accounting focuses on the reporting of an organization’s financial information, including the preparation of financial statements, to the external users of the information, such as investors.

Currently, Professor John is focusing his research on individual investor behavior and company incentives to better understand how disclosure affects stock returns and to uncover possible mispricing. Nevertheless, John is conducting an new way of examination of analyst access to information, and he is investigating market reactions to natural issues and the impact that would occur on individual firms.

Education

  • Ph.D., Accounting & Finance, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
  • M.S.F., Finance, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 2006
  • M.B.A., Taxation, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA, 1983

His research interest is the development of functional materials through organic/polymer synthesis, sustainable chemistry and simplification of pharmaceutical formulation leading to lower cost and better efficacy. He is also very interested in advancing scientific pursuits in the direction of community based issues. He has authored about 15 publications and conference presentations.

  1. Synthesis of Thermally Stable GeminalDicationic Ionic Liquids: An Examination of Physicochemical Properties by Structural Modifications, Rahul A. Patil, Mohsen Talebi, Chengdong Xu, Sumit S. Bhawal, Daniel W. Armstrong, Chem. Mater., 2016, 28 (12), pp 4315–4323. ISSN # 1520-5002, American Chemical Society.
  2. Rapid, effective deprotection of tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc) amino acids and peptides at high temperatures using a thermally stable ionic liquid. Bhawal S. Sumit, Patil, A.P.; Armstrong, D.W. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 95854. ISSN # 2046-2069, Royal Society.
  3. Yang, Samuel; Wang, Evelyn; Gurak, John; Bhawal, Sumit; Deshmukh, Rajendrasing; Wijeratne, W. M. Aruna B.; Edwards, Brian; Foss, Frank; Timmons, Richard; Schug, Kevin “Affinity Mesh Screen Materials for Selective Extraction and Analysis of Antibiotics using Transmission Mode Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry” Langmuir 2013, 29, 8046 – 8053. ISSN # 1520-582, ACS.
  4. Recalculation of monomer reactivity considering the effect of monomer partitioning in microemulsion. European Polymer Journal. Bhawal, S.; Sanghvi, P. G.; Devi, S. 2003, 39, 389. ISSN # 0014-3057, Elsevier.
  5. Initiator artifice in the emulsion and microemulsioncopolymerisation of partially water soluble monomers. Int Journal of Polymer Materials, Bhawal, S. and Devi, S. 2006,55, 255-281. ISSN # 1563-535X, Taylor &Francis.
  6. Translucent nanolatexes through emulsion polymerisation of ethylacrylate. Bhawal, S. Pokhriyal, N., Devi, S.European Polymer Journal. 2002, 38, 735. ISSN # 0014-3057.
  • Awarded Senior Research fellowship by council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR), Govt. of India for carrying out research work (2001).
  • Secured first position in the MS entrance exam conducted by M.S. University of Baroda, (1997)
  • Awarded Graduate Stimulus Fellowship (2009-2010)
  • STEM doctoral Fellowship (2009 – 2014)
  • Awarded I-engage for training and mentoring senior undergraduate at UTA (2014).