Faculty
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Satyam Suwas Professor and Chair satyamsuwas[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3245 Group Website |
Processing of Metallic Materials Thermomechanical Processing Additive Manufacturing Grain boundary engineering Texture evolution |
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Abhik Choudhury Associate Professor abhiknc[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3235 Group Website |
Study of pattern formation in self-organizing systems Quantitative phase-field models for different phenomena Integration of different modelling techniques Modelling and experimental study of solidification Phase transformations |
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Abinandanan T. A. Professor abinand[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2676 Personal Website |
Phase transformations Phase field modelling |
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Aloke Paul Professor aloke[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3242 Group Website |
Diffusion-controlled growth Microstructural evolution |
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Ankur Chauhan Assistant Professor ankurchauhan[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3690 Group Website |
Mechanical behavior of materials High-temperature materials Irradiation effects on materials Microstructure characterization |
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Ashok M. Raichur Professor amr[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3238 Group Website |
Drug delivery systems for gene and anticancer drugs Nanoparticle multilayers for environmental applications Nanostructured multilayers for sensing applications |
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Avadhani G. S. Chief Research Scientist gsa[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3246 Personal Website |
Processing science Materials characterization |
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Bhagwati Prasad Assistant Professor bpjoshi[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2679 Group Website |
Electronic, Magnetic, Energy, 2D, & Quantum Materials Spintronics, Iontronics, Ferroelectrics, & Magnetoelectrics AI & IoT Hardware devices; Neuromorphic & Quantum computing Nonvolatile memory & Data storage; Sensors for VR & AR Tech. On-chip Energy storage & Battery devices; 6G/7G Technology |
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Chandan Srivastava Professor csrivastava[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2834 Group Website |
Microstructure-property correlations Electron microscopy Coatings Corrosion Engineering |
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Deshpande R. J. Senior Scientific Officer rjd[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3237 Personal Website |
Mineral processing Biomineral processing |
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Govind S. Gupta Professor govindg[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3240 Group Website |
Fluid flow modeling in packed beds Flow of granular materials CO2 sequestration Spray deposition of molten metal Salt-extraction processes |
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Karthikeyan S. Associate Professor karthik[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2342 Group Website |
Kinetics of plastic deformation in metals Electron microscopy Dislocation theory Tribology Computational materials science |
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Kaushik Chatterjee Professor kchatterjee[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3408 Group Website |
Biomaterials (Metals and Polymers) Additive manufacturing and 3D printing Tissue engineering and bioprinting |
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Padaikathan P. Principal Research Scientist padai[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2677 Personal Website |
Crystallization and rapid solidification Electron microscopy Mechanical behavior of materials |
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Pikee Priya Assistant Professor ppriya[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3797 Personal Website |
Material, Microstructure and Process Design for Advanced Manufacturing Modelling Solidification and related Microstructure during Laser-based AM Multi-scale Computational Methods Machine Learning applied to Materials Science |
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Praveen C. Ramamurthy Professor praveen[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2627 Group Website |
Energy Materials Organic Electronics Organic device architecturing Device packaging |
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Praveen Kumar Professor praveenk[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3369 Group Website |
Mechanical behaviour of materials Electromigration: Fundamentals and applications |
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Prosenjit Das Assistant Professor prosenjitdas[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3776 Group Website |
Light Metals/Composites and Manufacturing processes Casting & Solidification Injection moulding of ceramics, metal and polymers, Manufacturing process modelling, Powder Metallurgy, Bio-inspired manufacturing, Mechanics of Light alloys |
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Rajeev Ranjan Professor rajeev[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2989 Personal Website |
Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials Relaxor ferroelectrics Magnetic materials Multiferroics Structure-property correlations |
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Ravi R. Chief Research Scientist rravi[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3244 Personal Website |
Diffusion related studies Mechanical behaviour of materials |
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Sachin R. Rondiya Assistant Professor rondiya[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3769 Group Website |
Material Development (Nanocrystals, Thin Films) Emerging Materials (Chalcogenides, Perovskites) Fundamental Studies (Interface, Photophysics, Defect Engineering) Advanced Energy Devices (Solar cells, LEDs, PECs) |
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Sai Gautam Gopalakrishnan Assistant Professor saigautamg[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2342 Group Website |
Computational materials science Materials for energy storage and harvesting Alloy thermodynamics |
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Subho Dasgupta Associate Professor dasgupta[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2455 Group Website |
Unconventional electrochemistry Printed Electronic materials |
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Subodh Kumar Professor skumar[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3239 Personal Website |
Mechanical behaviour of Materials Processing of light materials & composites Corrosion |
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Surendra Kumar M. Assistant Professor skmakineni[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3706 Group Website |
Local structure & composition effects on creep Superalloys (Co- and Ni-based) Light metal alloys (Al- and Mg-based) Cu-based, high entropy alloys |
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Suryasarathi Bose Professor sbose[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3407 Group Website |
Polymer composites Sustainable water remediation Advanced materials for EMI shielding applications Materials Characterization |
Visiting and Adjunct Faculty
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Dr. Darren Player Hubert I Aaronson Visiting Scientist Personal Website |
Tissue engineering, Skeletal muscle cell physiology Musculoskeletal science, Rehabilitation |
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R. Gopalan Adjunct Professor Personal Website |
High Tc Superconductors Magnetic materials Li-ion battery Thermoelectric, structure-property correlation of functional materials |
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Prasad K. D. V. Yarlagadda SERB-VAJRA Professor Personal Website |
Manufacturing Smart systems |
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Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam Brahm Prakash Chair Professor Personal Website |
Basic, translational and clinical research |
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Sonal Asthana Adjunct Faculty sonalasthana[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in Personal Website |
3D Bioprinting and Biomaterials Data analytics for clinical research |
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Dr. Vilay Vannaladsaysy ASEAN-India Visiting Fellow vilayv[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in Personal Website |
Polymer–Matrix Composites (PMCs), Polymer blends Composites Scaffold, Polymer Fibers and Tissue Engineering |
Honorary Faculty
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Vikram Jayaram Honorary Professor qjayaram[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 3243 Group Website |
Development of small scale techniques Deformation, creep and fracture of coatings High temperature systems |
Inspire Faculty
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Amit Nain DST-INSPIRE Faculty amitnain[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 9944147316 Personal Website |
NIR responsive antimicrobial nanomaterials Fluorescent protein templated metal nanoclusters 4D printing of polymeric structures and hydrogels Piezoelectric biomaterials for wound care and monitoring |
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Mayuri P V DST-INSPIRE Faculty mayurip[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 9496759774 Personal Website |
Electrospun fabrics for biomedical application polymeric medical devices surface modification leukodepletion filters blood-material interfaces |
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Upashi Goswami DST-INSPIRE Faculty upashig[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2705 Personal Website |
Nano based Materials for Cancer Theranostics Biomaterials for Bioprinting (3D cancer Model and Tissue Engineering) 2D Nanomaterials for sensing |
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Dr. Vimal Kumar Mariappan INSPIRE Faculty Fellow vimalece10[at]gmail[dot]com +91 9384951092 |
Low-dimensional nanostructured electrode materials High performance supercapacitors 2D Self-charging hybrid fuel cell |
Emeritus Faculty
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Kamanio Chattopadhyay Emeritus Professor kamanio[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2262 Group Website |
Co-based superalloys High-temperature corrosion Light alloys Energy materials Thermoelectric materials |
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Dipankar Banerjee Emeritus Professor dbanerjee[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2558 Group Website |
Quantitative and predictive understanding of materials development Engineering materials |
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Jacob K. T. Emeritus Professor katob[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2494 Personal Website |
Thermodynamics of materials Solid state sensors High temperature corrosion Phase equilibria Materials processing Nano science & technology Fuel cells |
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Natarajan K. A. Emeritus Professor kan[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2679 Personal Website |
Biometallurgy Hydrometallurgy Mineral processing Corrosion Environmental control |
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Kishore Emeritus Professor balkis[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in Personal Website |
Structure-Property Correlations Friction and wear of materials Polymer matrix-based composites |
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Subramanian S. Emeritus Professor ssmani[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in +91 80 2293 2261 Personal Website |
Surface and colloidal chemistry Mineral processing Extractive metallurgy Bio-processing and environmental control |