Veena Misra was born in Pittsburgh, PA. She received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1990, 1992 and 1995, respectively. Her graduate research involved the study of rapid thermal processing of deposited gate dielectrics. In January 1996, she joined the Advanced Products Research and Development labs in Motorola, Inc. in Austin, Texas where she worked on high performance and low power front end technology for microprocessors. In February 1998 she joined the faculty of the North Carolina State University in Raleigh where she is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her present research activities are in advanced electronic materials for use in 25nm Silicon CMOS bulk and non-bulk devices on both Si and alternative substrates. Her nanotechnology research includes hybrid molecular-silicon memory devices, nanoparticles for non-volatile memories and nanowires for bioelectronics. She is also working on exploring dielectrics for power MOSFETs. She has also begun exploring magnetoelectronics for applications in logic. She is also investigating organic photovoltaic devices. She is the recipient of the 2001 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers and the 2002 Alcoa Research Achievement Award. She also received the 2007 Alumni Outstanding Research Awards. She is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), She has authored or co-authored over 130 papers and holds 11 U.S. patents.

Veena Misra lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband John, and their two daughters. She enjoys raquetball and bicycling.