Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Ramamoorthy Ramesh (born 1960) is an American materials scientist of Indian descent who has contributed to the synthesis, assembly and understanding of complex functional oxides, such as ferroelectric materials. In particular, he has worked on the development of ferroelectric perovskites, manganites with colossal magnetoresistance, and also on multiferroic oxides with potential benefits for modern information technologies.

Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Born1960
Chennai, India
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forFerroelectric thin films
Multiferroic materials
Colossal Magnetoresistance
Photovoltaic materials
AwardsMRS David Turnbull Award (2007)
APS James McGroddy New Materials Prize (2010)
TMS Bardeen Prize (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science
InstitutionsBell Laboratories
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley

He is a Professor at the University of California Berkeley in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics.

Training and Career

He joined Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2004 as a Faculty Scientist and became Associate Laboratory Director (ALD) for Energy Technologies in 2014 with three Divisions focused on Energy Technologies. After serving in the role for a few years, he assumed his role as Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Ramesh served as the founding Director of DOE's SunShot Initiative and subsequently he also served in a leadership position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Awards and honors

References
  1. "FMD John Bardeen Award". TMS. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. "DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARDEES" (PDF). Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. "NAE Website - Professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. "James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials". American Physical Society. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "2009 MRS Fellows". Materials Research Society. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. "David Turnbull Lectureship". Materials Research Society. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. "David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics". American Physical Society. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  8. "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
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