Before Dr. Mano joined NFC, he was a serious postdoctoral research scientist at various universities around the US (University of Arizona, University of Georgia and Florida State University) and Free University of Brussels (Belgium), i.e. from 1997-2006.

Dr. Mano served as a Chemistry Lab supervisor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University (2006 -2008). Later, he became a chemistry faculty at one of the HCBU institutes, Bethune-Cookman University where he served almost 9 years (2008-2017) . Dr. Mano's vast knowledge in chemistry by his research as well as teaching is quite helpful for NFC students to learn chemistry at high level and beneficial to transfer to bigger Universities. Currently, he is committee member of Faculty Senate, LMS-D2L committee, DRC (Disability Resource Center), and iCARE Mentor committee. Apart from this service, he has also encouraged dozens of students to apply for summer internships, various professional programs and bachelors programs at state universities (UF, FSU, USF, UCF, UWF and UNF). Dr. Mano also runs an attractive Magic Show in the name of NFC Chem Club in which his volunteer students are actively involved in this club and gaining great knowledge of chemistry. The main goal of this chem club is to serve for the college in Club Expo, Super Saturday, Kids in College Program, etc. 

Dr. Mano has published almost 65 research articles in peer-reviewed journals which are well-reputed world wide, and he has been recognized in Chemistry field. Based on his 30 years research experiences, he was offered to review numerous research papers submitted to various journals (e.g. American Chemical Society, Elsevier, etc.) and Ph.D thesis from India.