Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Born	1960 Chennai, India
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Known for	Ferroelectric thin films Multiferroic materials Colossal Magnetoresistance Photovoltaic materials
Awards	MRS David Turnbull Award (2007) APS James McGroddy New Materials Prize (2010) TMS Bardeen Prize (2014)
Scientific career
Fields	Materials science
Institutions	Bell Laboratories Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley

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 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.

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. 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

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

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)