 He received his PhD from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1997 where he was a student of Gregory Kriegsmann.Pelesko taught at California Institute of Technology as an "Instructor" (1997 to 1999), at Georgia Institute of Technology as an "Assistant Professor" (1999 to 2002) before settling down at University of Delaware as an "Assistant Professor" (2002), and currently as a "Full Professor".Pelesko's mathematical interests include the development and application of mathematical methods to problems arising in the microwave heating of ceramics, electron beam welding, diffusion in polymers, solidification thermomechanics, thermoelastic stability and shock dynamics.