Shriram Ramanathan is the inaugural Rodkin-Weintraub Chair in Engineering in the College of Engineering at Rutgers University. Previously, he has served as a faculty member at Purdue University (School of Engineering, MSE, ECE (Courtesy) and Harvard University (Applied Physics, SEAS) and as a member of research staff at Components Research, Intel. Dr. Ramanathan serves as an editor / editorial board member for various journals publishing in physical sciences, is a member of the Board of Visitors for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, and has co-organized numerous symposia for organizations such as Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Materials Research Society, American Physical Society.