Ravishankar Sundararaman

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering,
Priti and Mukesh Chatter '82 Career Development Chair,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Previous:

• Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, RPI, 2016 - 2021
• Postdoctoral fellow, Joint Center for Artifical Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 2013-2016
• Ph.D. Physics, Cornell University, 2013
• M.Sc. Physics, IIT Kanpur, 2007

Office: MRC 208B, Phone: (518)276-6757, Email: sundar@rpi.edu
Course office hours: varies by semester, see syllabus handout.
Advising office hours: email to set up.
Curriculum Vitae (PDF), Publications (PDF), Scholar

Mayada Fadel

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research areas: Spin transport, spin-phonon relaxation
Email: fadelm2@rpi.edu, Scholar

Michelle Kelley

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research areas: Charge transport, interconnect materials
Email: kellem6@rpi.edu, Scholar

Kamron Fazel

Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, RPI
Research areas: Machine learning, molten salts
Email: fazelk@rpi.edu, Scholar

Lily Joyce

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research areas: Interconnect materials
Email: joycel@rpi.edu

Christian Multunas

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, RPI
Research areas: Interconnect materials, spin dynamics
Email: multuc@rpi.edu

Josh Quinton

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, RPI
Research areas: Spin dynamics, high-performance computing
Email: quintj3@rpi.edu

Tanooj Shah

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research areas: Molecular dynamics, molten salts
Email: shaht2@rpi.edu

Mani Chandra

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research areas: Electron transport, spin dynamics, high performance computing
Email: chandm6@rpi.edu, Scholar

Dan Wang

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research areas: Defect physics, electronic structure, optical properties
Email: wangd11@rpi.edu, Scholar

Fred Florio

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, RPI
Research areas: Ferroelectric materials, carrier dynamics, magnet design
Email: florif@rpi.edu

Adela Habib

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, RPI
Research areas: Spin dynamics, carrier dynamics, ultrafast spectroscopy
Email: habiba2@rpi.edu, Scholar

Sushant Kumar

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research areas: Interconnect materials, carrier dynamics
Email: kumars12@rpi.edu, Scholar

Abhishek Shandilya

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research areas: Polymer nanocomposites, DFT methods, JDFT, electrochemistry
Email: shanda@rpi.edu, Scholar

Victor Chen

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research area: Nanocomposite materials, RF shielding
Email: chenv2@rpi.edu

Steven Claybrook

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, RPI
Research area: Carrier dynamics
Email: claybs@rpi.edu

Benjamin Defay

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research area: Contact resistance in vertical interconnects
Email: defayb@rpi.edu

Yifan Yao

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research area: Carrier dynamics, opto-electronic interfaces
Email: yaoy4@rpi.edu

Yumeng Yue

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research area: Battery materials
Email: yuey3@rpi.edu

Litao Zhao

Materials Science and Engineering, RPI
Research area: Carrier dynamics
Email: zhaol8@rpi.edu