Chennupati Jagadish (born 1957), an

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and

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, is the President of the

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, and an Emeritus Professor of Physics at the

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Research School of Physics. He is head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group which he established in 1990. He is also the Convener of the Australian Nanotechnology Network and Director of Australian National Fabrication Facility ACT Node.

Education

Jagadish obtained his B.Sc. degree in physics from

Acharya Nagarjuna University Acharya Nagarjuna University (IAST: ''Ācārya Nāgārjuna Vișvavidyālaya'') is a state university in Namburu, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. History The university was established as Nagarjuna University by Act 43 of 1976 of A. ...

(VSR College, Tenali) in 1977, M.Sc. (Tech) in applied physics (with specialization in electronics) from Andhra University in 1980 and M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in physics (semiconducting thin films) from the University of Delhi in 1982 and 1986, respectively.

Career

After completing his PhD in physics at the

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, Jagadish worked at

Sri Venkateswara College Sri Venkateswara College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi established in 1961 in New Delhi, India. It is managed by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams & UGC and awards degrees under the purview of the University of Delhi. The c ...

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as a lecturer in Physics and Electronics during 1985–1988. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Queen's University Physics Department during 1988–1990. He moved to the

in 1990 to join the newly established Department of Electronic Materials Engineering in the Research School of Physics. He has served as vice-president and Secretary for Physical Sciences of the

(2012-2016) and was elected President of the academy in May 2022, to serve a term of four years until May 2026. Jagadish also provides services to many other universities around the world as a guest faculty, distinguished faculty and holds honorary positions. He is an active member of IEEE Australian Material Research Society where he was President (2019-2022). He was also President,

IEEE Photonics Society The IEEE Photonics Society, formerly the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), focused on the scientific and engineering knowledge about the field of quantum e ...

(2018-2019), and President, IEEE Nanotechnology Council (2008-2009), and regularly speaks at international conferences and meetings on Material Sciences, Photonics, Electronics, Semiconductors, Quantum Electronics, Physics, etc. He has also delivered plenary talks, and guest talks and organized several sessions in MRS, IEEE meetings around the globe. He is now serving as Editor-in-Chief for

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(January 2020 – present). Before joining APR, he served as Editor-in-Chief for Progress in

Quantum Electronics Quantum optics is a branch of atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum chemistry that studies the behavior of photons (individual quanta of light). It includes the study of the particle-like properties of photons and their interaction w ...

(2016-2019), and as Co-Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems (2014-2019). He also holds Editor position for various journals including IEEE Electron Device Letters (2008-2014), [Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science (2009–present), Springer Series in Material Science, (2009–present), Springer Series in Nanooptics and Nanophotonics (2009–present), Elsevier Series in Semiconductors and Semimetals](2010–present), Light: Science and Applications of Nature Publishing Group, (2014-2019). He is the member of the editorial board for more than 20 other journals, including ACS Nano, IEEE Photonics Journal, IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine,

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: Rapid Res. Lett., Solid State Electronics, Etc.

Social Services

Jagadish and his wife Vidya have launched The Chennupati and Vidya Jagadish Endowment to support students and researchers from developing countries to visit

's Research School of Physics.

Awards

Jagadish has received many awards and honours including being elected a

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in 2003, and a Fellow The Optical Society in 2005. He was awarded the

Federation Fellowship Federation Fellowships are Australian professorial research fellowships that were instigated by the Australian Government as part of its Backing Australia's Ability initiative. They were initially designed to compete with prestigious overseas grant ...

(2004–2009) and Laureate Fellowship (2009–2014) by the

Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...

. He was awarded the 2013

Walter Boas Medal The Walter Boas Medal is awarded by the Australian Institute of Physics The Australian Institute of Physics was established in 1963, when it replaced the Australian Branch of the British Institute of Physics based in London.Australian Institute of Physics The Australian Institute of Physics was established in 1963, when it replaced the Australian Branch of the British Institute of Physics based in London.

. and the 2015 IEEE

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. In 2016, he received the Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award, "For pioneering and sustained contributions to quantum-well, quantum-dot and nanowire optoelectronic devices and their integration." He was named a Companion of the

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for eminent services to physics and engineering in the

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2016, and received the UNESCO medal for his contributions to nanoscience and nanotechnologies, and the 2019

Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal The Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal is awarded at most every two years by the Australian Academy of Science to a mathematician or physicist for his or her outstanding research accomplishments.

from the

2019 was the same year he received the Beattie Steel Medal, Australian Optical Society, and the IEEE Education Award of Electron Devices Society 2, 2019. In 2020, he was elected an international member of the

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for contributions to nanotechnology for optoelectronic devices. In 2022, he was elected as an international fellow of the UK’s

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senio ...

. In 2023, the

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conferred on Jagadish the

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Overseas Indian Award) is the highest Indian award for Overseas Indians or an organisation or institution established and run by Overseas Indian diaspora, constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Go ...

Award for his “contributions to science and technology and education". This is the highest honor given to overseas Indians by the Government of India. He was made a Foreign Member of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

and elected a Fellow of the

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in 2024 and of the

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in 2025. He has received honorary doctorates from Surrey and Nottingham Trent Universities.

References

External links

* https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/humble-beginnings-australian-science-leader * https://physics.anu.edu.au/people/profile.php?ID=106 * https://web.archive.org/web/20160220083717/http://sites.ieee.org/nanotech/2015-ntc-award-winners-announced/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20160220083756/http://sites.ieee.org/nanotech/category/awards/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20160127190712/http://photonicssociety.org/sites/default/files/EA%20Recipient_2.pdf * http://www.anu.edu.au/giving/support-us/chennupati-and-vidya-jagadish-endowment * http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/physics-that-benefits-humanity * https://web.archive.org/web/20151227064502/http://photonicssociety.org/newsletters/aug10/ServiceAward.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagadish, Chennupati 1957 births Living people Australian physicists Companions of the Order of Australia Academic staff of the Australian National University Delhi University alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Fellows of Optica (society) Fellows of the American Physical Society Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Foreign fellows of the Indian National Science Academy Fellows of the Royal Society of New South Wales Indian emigrants to Australia Totem doesn't want to be here. Fellows of the Royal Society