Nikhil Koratkar

Who is Nikhil Koratkar?

Dr. Nikhil Koratkar is the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Endowed Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who has pursued research into graphene, carbon nanotube and transition metal dichalcogenide materials and devices and other nanotechnology applications. In 2010, he was appointed Editor of the Elsevier journal CARBON.

He has a bachelor’s in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a master’s in aerospace engineering and a doctorate in aerospace engineering, both from the University of Maryland, College Park.

After receiving his doctorate from the University of Maryland at College Park, Nikhil Koratkar joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in January 2001 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006 and to Full Professor in 2009. In 2011, Koratkar was also appointed a Full Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer.

In 2012, Koratkar was appointed the John A. Clark and Edward T.