Academician Seeram Ramakrishna is a Chair Professor of Tsinghua University, Xinghua Distinguished Chair Professor, and Director of iWearables (Intelligent Wearables) Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University. He is also an adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore; a Distinguished Professor of IIT Hyderabad, India; and an Everest Chair of MBUST, Nepal. He is a recipient of the China Government Friendship Award and Chang Jiang Scholar of Ministry of Education, China. He is ranked 11 globally in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Elsevier | Stanford list2025).
He is named among the World’s Most Influential Minds (Thomson Reuters) and a Highly Ranked Scholar (Scholar GPS) with more than 500 Q1 journal papers, 219 H-Index, and 223,000 citations. His contributions also appeared in Nature, Nature Reviews Methods, Nature Communications, Matter, so on journals. Highest professional distinctions include Fellow | Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; UK Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng); Singapore Academy of Engineering; Indian National Academy of Engineering; ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology; International Academy of Engineering and Technology; International Academy of Bionic Science; and World Academy for Artificial Consciousness. He is also an elected Fellow of AAAS, ASM International, ASME, AIMBE, USA; IMechE and IoM3, UK; ISTE, India; and IUBSE (FBSE). He received a PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK, and TGMP from Harvard University, USA. He received advanced research experiences from MIT and Johns Hopkins University, USA and KIT, Japan.