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Chennupati Jagadish, FAA, FTSE, FTWAS is a Distinguished Professor and Australian Laureate Fellow at the Research School of Physics and Engineering at the Australian National University. He is a world renowned Physicist (FAPS), Materials Scientist (FMRS) and Electronics Engineer (FIEEE) who has made pioneering contributions to semiconductor optoelectronics and nanotechnology.

He was born (10th August 1957) in India (Vallurupalem, Andhra Pradesh) and was educated in India (BSc, Nagarjuna University, MSc(tech) Andhra University, MPhil and PhD from Delhi University) and worked in India as a Lecturer in Physics and Electronics(S.V. College, Delhi University) and worked at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada and worked in Applied Magnetics Group as a post-doctoral fellow and moved to Australia in 1990 and established a major research program on compound semiconductor optoelectronics and nanotechnology at the Australian National University.

He is grateful to his two high school teachers, Mr. Chaganti Sambi Reddy and Late Mr. Valluru Srinivasa Rao and he lived with them during his high school (8-10 grades) as his parents were living in a remote village in India where there were no schools.

He received Australian Federation Fellowship in 2004 and Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2009 from the Australian National University.

He has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, The World Academy of Sciences, American Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, American Association for Advancement of Science, Optical Society of America, Electrochemical Society, American Vacuum Society, The Society for Optical Engineering, The Institute of Engineering and Technology, The Institute of Physics, The Institute of Nanotechnology, Australian Institute of Physics and Academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials and an Honorary Member of the Materials Research Society of India.

He received many awards including the Boas Medal from Australian Institute of Physics, Quantum Device Award from the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, Electronics and Photonics Division Award from the Electrochemical Society, Distinguished Lecturer Awards from IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, IEEE Electron Devices Society, IEEE Nanotechnology Council and Distinguished Service Awards from IEEE Photonics Society and IEEE Nanotechnology Council, IEEE Third Millennium Medal and Peter Baume Award from the Australian National University.

He has published more than 520 journal papers and 270 conference proceedings papers and his work has been cited more than 6800 times. He co-authored a book, co-edited 5 books, holds 5 US patents, co-authored 10 book chapters, 14 review/invited articles, guest edited 14 journal special issues.

He is currently serving as Vice-President and Secretary Physical Sciences of the Australian Academy of Science, Vice-President of the IEEE Photonics Society, Convener of Australian Nanotechnology Network and Director of Australian National Fabrication Facility, ACT Node. He served as President of IEEE Nanotechnology Council and member of Board of Governors (earlier called as AdCom)of IEEE Electron Devices Society.

He is an Editor of IEEE Electron Device Letters, Progress in Quantum Electronics, an Associate Editor of Applied Physics Reviews, Journal of Physics D; Applied Physics, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. He is also an Editor of Spring Book Series on Materials Science, Elsevier Book Series on Semiconductors and Semimetals.

External Links

Link to Electronic Materials Engineering Webpage:http://physics.anu.edu.au/people/profile.php?ID=106 ANU Publications gateway:https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/jagadish-c Australian Nanotechnology Network: http://www.ausnano.net/index.php?page=home Australian National Fabrication Facility, ACT node:http://anff-act.anu.edu.au/ Australian Academy of Science: http://www.science.org.au/commitee/council-members IEEE Photonics Society: http://photonicssociety.org/content/volunteer-leadership