Faculty

Satyam Suwas
Professor and Chair
satyamsuwas[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3245
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Processing of Metallic Materials
Thermomechanical Processing
Additive Manufacturing
Grain boundary engineering
Texture evolution
Abhik Choudhury
Associate Professor
abhiknc[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3235
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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
Abinandanan T. A.
Professor
abinand[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2676
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Phase transformations
Phase field modelling
Aloke Paul
Professor
aloke[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3242
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Diffusion-controlled growth
Microstructural evolution
Ankur Chauhan
Assistant Professor
ankurchauhan[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3690
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Mechanical behavior of materials
High-temperature materials
Irradiation effects on materials
Microstructure characterization
Ashok M. Raichur
Professor
amr[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3238
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Drug delivery systems for gene and anticancer drugs
Nanoparticle multilayers for environmental applications
Nanostructured multilayers for sensing applications
Avadhani G. S.
Chief Research Scientist
gsa[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3246
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Processing science
Materials characterization
Bhagwati Prasad
Assistant Professor
bpjoshi[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2679
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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
Chandan Srivastava
Professor
csrivastava[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2834
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Microstructure-property correlations
Electron microscopy
Coatings
Corrosion Engineering
Govind S. Gupta
Professor
govindg[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3240
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Fluid flow modeling in packed beds
Flow of granular materials
CO2 sequestration
Spray deposition of molten metal
Salt-extraction processes
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
Kaushik Chatterjee
Professor
kchatterjee[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3408
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Biomaterials (Metals and Polymers)
Additive manufacturing and 3D printing
Tissue engineering and bioprinting
Padaikathan P.
Principal Research Scientist
padai[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2677
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Crystallization and rapid solidification
Electron microscopy
Mechanical behavior of materials
Pikee Priya
Assistant Professor
ppriya[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 4011
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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
Praveen C. Ramamurthy
Professor
praveen[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2627
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Energy Materials
Organic Electronics
Organic device architecturing
Device packaging
Praveen Kumar
Professor
praveenk[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3369
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Mechanical behaviour of materials
Electromigration: Fundamentals and applications
Prosenjit Das
Assistant Professor
prosenjitdas[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3776
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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
Rajeev Ranjan
Professor
rajeev[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2989
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Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials
Relaxor ferroelectrics
Magnetic materials
Multiferroics
Structure-property correlations
Ravi R.
Chief Research Scientist
rravi[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3244
Personal Website
Exploratory analysis of Metallurgical data using Machine learning
Diffusion related studies
Mechanical behaviour of materials
Sachin R. Rondiya
Assistant Professor
rondiya[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3769
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Material Development (Nanocrystals, Thin Films)
Emerging Materials (Chalcogenides, Perovskites)
Fundamental Studies (Interface, Photophysics, Defect Engineering)
Advanced Energy Devices (Solar cells, LEDs, PECs)
Sai Gautam Gopalakrishnan
Assistant Professor
saigautamg[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2342
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Computational materials science
Materials for energy storage and harvesting
Alloy thermodynamics
Subho Dasgupta
Associate Professor
dasgupta[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2455
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Unconventional electrochemistry
Printed Electronic materials
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
Suchandrima Das
Assistant Professor
suchandrima[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3237
Group Website
Crystal Plasticity Modelling, MD Simulations
High Performance Materials
(Fusion materials: irradiation damage, embrittlement; Biomedical implants)
Micromechanics, Synchrotron Laue diffraction
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
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


Associate Faculty

Naga Phani Aetukuri
Associate Professor, SSCU
phani[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3534
Personal Website
Solid State and Li-Ion Battery Materials and Devices
Redox-Active Organic Materials
Correlated Oxide Materials and Heterostructures
Electroactive Materials and Devices


Visiting and Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Darren Player
Hubert I Aaronson Visiting Scientist
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Tissue engineering, Skeletal muscle cell physiology
Musculoskeletal science, Rehabilitation
R. Gopalan
Adjunct Professor
Personal Website
High Tc Superconductors
Magnetic materials
Li-ion battery
Thermoelectric, structure-property correlation of functional materials
Pranav Soman
Satish Dhawan Visiting Professor
Personal Website
3D bioprinting
Bio-manufacturing
Biomaterials
Prasad K. D. V. Yarlagadda
SERB-VAJRA Professor
Personal Website
Manufacturing
Smart systems
Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam
Brahm Prakash Chair Professor
Personal Website
Basic, translational and clinical research
Sonal Asthana
Adjunct Faculty
sonalasthana[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
Personal Website
3D Bioprinting and Biomaterials
Data analytics for clinical research
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

Vikram Jayaram
Honorary Professor
qjayaram[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 3243
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Development of small scale techniques
Deformation, creep and fracture of coatings
High temperature systems


Inspire Faculty

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
Kanchan Yadav
DST-INSPIRE Faculty
kanchanyadav[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 9008629407
Personal Website
Nanomaterials synthesis and surface modifications
Nanocomposites and hydrogels for health-care applications
(biosensor, optogenetics, wearable medical devices, implants, wound dressings)
Nanocomposites for food packaging, energy and environmental applications
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
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
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

Prof. Ashok Misra
NASI’s Hony. Research & Communication Scientist
Personal Website
Engineering polymers, polymer blends/alloys
fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites
structure-property correlations
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
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
Jacob K. T.
Emeritus Professor
katob[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2494
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Thermodynamics of materials
Solid state sensors
High temperature corrosion
Phase equilibria
Materials processing
Nano science & technology
Fuel cells
Natarajan K. A.
Emeritus Professor
kan[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
+91 80 2293 2679
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Biometallurgy
Hydrometallurgy
Mineral processing
Corrosion
Environmental control
Kishore
Emeritus Professor
balkis[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in

Personal Website
Structure-Property Correlations
Friction and wear of materials
Polymer matrix-based composites
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