Umesh Waghmare
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Biography
Umesh Waghmare received a B Tech (with institute silver medal) in Engineering Physics from the IIT, Bombay (1990) and a PhD in Applied Physics from Yale University (1996). He worked as a post-doctoral research associate in physics department at Harvard University before joining Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in 2000, where he is presently a Professor in the Theoretical 新月直播app下载s Unit and the Dean of Academic Affairs.
He is a recipient of DuPont Young Faculty grant award (2003), MRSI medal (2004), a B M Birla award for Physics (2005), a DAE outstanding research investigator award (2009), IBM Faculty Award (2009), SS Bhatnagar award in Physical 新月直播app下载s (2010) and a GE unrestricted-grant for research (2011).
Umesh received the India Citation Award-2012 from the Thomson Reuters Research Excellence, and a JC Bose National Fellowship in 2012.
In 2015, he received the Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer 新月直播app下载. He is a Fellow of Indian Academy of 新月直播app下载s, National Academy of 新月直播app下载s, Allahabad and the Indian National 新月直播app下载 Academy, and presently a Secretary of the Indian Academy of 新月直播app下载s.
His research interests include ab initio modeling and simulations of multifunctional materials, mechanical behavior, nanostructures, topological insulators and materials for energy and enviornment. His work has resulted in over 280 publications.
RSC affiliations
Advisory board, Nanoscale Horizons