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. He is a professor at the

University of California Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics.

Training and career

He joined

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), commonly referred to as the Berkeley Lab, is a United States national laboratory that is owned by, and conducts scientific research on behalf of, the United States Department of Energy. Located in ...

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 The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. 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 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a U.S. multiprogram science and technology national laboratory sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and administered, managed, and operated by UT–Battelle as a federally funded research an ...

Awards and honors

* 2020 Elected

Foreign Member of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathemati ...

. * 2014 FMD John Bardeen Award of TMS * 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award,

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute was ...

Alumni Association * 2011 Elected member,

United States National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy o ...

* 2010

James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials The James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society since 1975, but was only given that name following its endowment by IBM in 1999. Prior to that it was known as the Internatio ...

of the American Physical Society (together with Nicola A. Spaldin and

Sang-Wook Cheong Sang Wook Cheong is a Korean American materials scientist at Rutgers University. He has made ground-breaking contributions to the research field of enhanced physical functionalities in complex materials originating from collective correlations ...

) * 2009

Materials Research Society The Materials Research Society (MRS) is a non-profit, professional organization for materials researchers, scientists and engineers. Established in 1973, MRS is a member-driven organization of approximately 14,000 materials researchers from academi ...

Fellow * 2007

David Turnbull Lectureship * C.K. Majumdar Lectureship Award, Bose Institute, Calcutta, India * 2006 Brahm Prakash Chair, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India * 2005 Fellow,

American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsi ...

* 2005 American Physical Society Adler Lectureship * 2003 Distinguished University Professor,

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of ...

* 2001 Fellow, American Physical Society * 2001 Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Prize

External links

Homepage at LBL

Ramamoorthy Ramesh at Google Scholar

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramesh, Ramamoorthy 1960 births Living people American materials scientists University of California, Berkeley alumni University of Maryland, College Park faculty University of California, Berkeley faculty Indian Institute of Science alumni Foreign Members of the Royal Society Fellows of the American Physical Society