Professor Seeram Ramakrishna, FREng, Everest Chair is a world-renowned scholar of cross-field at the National University of Singapore (NUS), which is ranked among the top 3 universities in the world for interdisciplinary research. He is named among the World’s Most Influential Minds (Thomson Reuters) and a highly cited researcher with 210 H-Index and about 206,100 citations. Highest professional distinctions include an Academician | Fellow of UK Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng); Chinese Academy of Engineering; Singapore Academy of Engineering; Indian National Academy of Engineering; ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology; and International Academy of Engineering and Technology. 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. He is an Honorary Professor at the Tsinghua University, China, IIT Hyderabad, India, and MBUST, Nepal. He made seminal contributions in understanding and enhancing the biological, chemical, electrical, electronic, mechanical, and physical responses of nanofibers | nanomaterials. He advocates intelligent materials and circular materials towards UN SDGs.
Out of three decades of working at the NUS, about 15 years of senior academic leadership includes NUS Vice-President (Research Strategy); Dean of NUS Faculty of Engineering; Director of NUS Enterprise; Director of NUS Industry and Technology Relations Office (INTRO); Director of NUS International Relations Office (IRO); Chairman of Solar Energy Institute of Singapore (SERIS); Director of NUS Bioengineering Initiative; and Director of NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI).