Chennupati Jagadish
Chennupati Jagadish is the President of the Australian Çï¿ûÊÓƵ of Science; he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Çï¿ûÊÓƵ of Science in 2005 and became President of the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ in 2022. He is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Electronic Materials Engineering in the Research School of Physics at the Australian National University, where he was a Distinguished Professor and Head of Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group in the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, the Australian National University. He was also the Founding Director of Australian National Fabrication Facility, ACT node and Convenor of the Australian Nanotechnology Network.
His research interests include neuroscience, neurotechnology, compound semiconductor optoelectronics, nanotechnology, photovoltaics and materials science. Jagadish has published more than 790 journal papers in semiconductor physics, materials science, optoelectronics and nanotechnology. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics Reviews, editor of two book series, and serves on editorial boards of 20 other journals.
Jagadish is a fellow/foreign fellow of 16 science and/or engineering academies in Australia, the US, the UK, Europe, China and India. He has received many Australian and international awards, including a UNESCO medal for his contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies, IUMRS Somiya Award, IEEE Nanotechnology Pioneer Award, Lyle Medal, Boas Medal, Beattie Steel Medal and Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award from the President of India in 2023. He has been an Australian Research Council (ARC) Federation Fellow and an Australian Laureate Fellow.