
Ravishankar Sundararaman
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, RPIPrevious:
- 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 hours (ENGR-1600): Tuesdays, 5 - 6 pm
Office hours (MTLE-6120): Wednesdays, 5 - 6 pm
Curriculum Vitae (PDF), Publications (PDF), Scholar
Please email Ravishankar to enquire about undergraduate, graduate or postdoctoral research opportunities!
Current group members
Research scientists

Mani Chandra
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch areas: Electron transport, spin dynamics, high performance computing
Email: chandm6@rpi.edu
Graduate students

Kamron Fazel
Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, RPIResearch areas: Machine learning, molten salts
Email: fazelk@rpi.edu

Sushant Kumar
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch areas: Interconnect materials, carrier dynamics
Email: kumars12@rpi.edu

Christian Multunas
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, RPIResearch areas: Interconnect materials, spin dynamics
Email: multuc@rpi.edu

Tanooj Shah
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch areas: Molecular dynamics, molten salts
Email: shaht2@rpi.edu

Abhishek Shandilya
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch areas: Polymer nanocomposites, DFT methods, JDFT, electrochemistry
Email: shanda@rpi.edu
Former group members
Postdoctoral fellows

Dan Wang
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch areas: Defect physics, electronic structure, optical properties
Email: wangd11@rpi.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Graduate students

Fred Florio
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, RPIResearch areas: Ferroelectric materials, carrier dynamics, magnet design
Email: florif@rpi.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Adela Habib
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, RPIResearch areas: Spin dynamics, carrier dynamics, ultrafast spectroscopy
Email: habiba2@rpi.edu
Undergraduate students

Victor Chen
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch area: Nanocomposite materials, RF shielding
Email: chenv2@rpi.edu

Steven Claybrook
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, RPIResearch area: Carrier dynamics
Email: claybs@rpi.edu

Benjamin Defay
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch area: Contact resistance in vertical interconnects
Email: defayb@rpi.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Yifan Yao
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch area: Carrier dynamics, opto-electronic interfaces
Email: yaoy4@rpi.edu

Yumeng Yue
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch area: Battery materials
Email: yuey3@rpi.edu

Litao Zhao
Materials Science and Engineering, RPIResearch area: Carrier dynamics
Email: zhaol8@rpi.edu
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