B L Ramakrishna
B L Ramakrishna
Advisor, Global Engagements
PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Area of Expertise:
Sustainable Development Humanitarian Engineering
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About B L Ramakrishna
Dr. B L Ramakrishna received his PhD in Solid State Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in 1982. He joined the faculty at Arizona State University in 1985 after a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. In 2011–16 he was the Diane and Gary Tooker Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at ASU’s Fulton Schools of Engineering and a member of the humanitarian engineering faculty until his transition to emeritus professor in 2016.
Dr. Ramakrishna was selected in 2013 to be a Jefferson Science Fellow and served as a Senior Science and Technology Advisor at the Office of Secretary of State for President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative. In January 2017, he became the inaugural director of the Grand Challenges Scholars Program at the US National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Ramakrishna has also served as a Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Global Institute of Sustainability, in Arizona State University.
Research Interests
- Biomaterials and Biosensors
- Engineering Grand Challenges
- Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Engineering
- Innovations in Engineering Education
Past Associations
- Inaugural Director, Grand Challenges Scholars Program Network, National Academy of Engineering, USA
- Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Arizona State University
Education
- PhD in Solid State Chemistry, IIT Madras