Fundamentals and Applications of Magnetic Materials

Kannan M. Krishnan, Professor of Materials Science, Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Kannan M. Krishnan earned his B. Tech (Mech. Eng.) from IIT Kanpur and Ph.D. (Materials Science; Minor in Physics & Mathematics) from University of California, Berkeley. After graduating in 1984, he held various scientific and teaching positions at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and at UC Berkeley before joining the University of Washington in 2001 as the Campbell Chair Professor of Materials Science and Adjunct Professor of Physics. He has held visiting appointments in all six continents including the Hitachi Central Research Laboratory (Japan), Tohoku University, Danish Technical University, University of Sao Paolo, University of Western Australia, University of Alexandria (Egypt), and the Indian Institute of Science. He has been widely recognized for research by various professional societies and foundations, and has received multiple teaching awards at both University of California, Berkeley and University of Washington.