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, laying the foundation for development and application of multiferroic materials. In particular, he has worked on the development of ferroelectric perovskites, manganites with colossal magnetoresistance, and multiferroic oxides with great impact on the materials physics and with the potential for significant benefits for modern information technologies.

He is a Professor at the University of California Berkeley in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics. He is also Associate Laboratory Director (ALD) for Energy Technologies at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has published over 540 papers in internationally recognized journals which have been cited more than 54,000 times. He is an innovator or a co-inventor on 27 patents, and his method for fabricating ferroelectric materials for random access memory has been commercialized.

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. In his capacity as ALD, he serves as a strategic leader for three Laboratory Divisions focused on Energy Technologies. The Energy Technologies Area conducts research for the U.S. Department of Energy other federal entities, as well as state governments, with a focus on California and the private sector. 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.

A complete list of Ramesh’s patents is available at http://www2.lbl.gov/msd/people/investigators/ramesh_investigator.html

Awards and Honors

TMS Bardeen Prize, 2014
Distinguished alumnus, Indian Institute of Science, 2012
Elected member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering, 2011
American Physical Society James McGroddy New Materials Prize, 2010
Materials Research Society Fellow, 2009
Materials Research Society David Turnbull Award, 2007
C.K. Majumdar Lectureship Award, Bose Institute, Calcutta, India Brahm Prakash Chair, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2006
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005
American Physical Society Adler Lectureship, 2005
Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, 2003
Fellow, American Physical Society, 2001
Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Prize, 2001

External links

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy Technologies Area, LBNL (http://eetd.lbl.gov/ Building Technology & Urban Systems Division (http://eetd.lbl.gov/about-us/organization/building-technology-and-urban-systems)
Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Division (http://eetd.lbl.gov/about-us/organization/energy-analysis-and-environmental-impacts)
Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division SunShot Initiative | Department of Energy (http://www.energy.gov/eere/sunshot/sustainable-and-holistic-integration-energy-storage-and-solar-pv-shines)

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