Kaustav Banerjee

Professor Kaustav Banerjee from the University of California, Santa Barbara, is one of the world’s leading innovators in the field of nanoelectronics. His pathbreaking innovations with 2D van der Waals materials and heterostructures are setting the stage for next-generation electronics. This includes the invention of the kinetic inductor that changed the course of science and engineering by overcoming a 200-year old limitation, and has been called “a trillion dollar breakthrough” by the Forbes magazine. He is a Fellow of IEEE, APS, JSPS, and AAAS, as well as a recipient of the prestigious Bessel Prize from the Humboldt Foundation. His seminal contributions to nanoelectronics including nanoscale interconnects, 3D integration, and thermal-aware design have been widely commercialized, and recognized with an IEEE Technical Field Award - Kiyo Tomiyasu Award,
one of the institute’s highest honors. In 2019, he was identified as one of the
World's Most Influential Scientific Minds by Clarivate Analytics. More information about him and his research is available at: 

https://nrl.ece.ucsb.edu/