Patil Satish Amrutrao

Prof. Satish Patil obtained his Ph.D. in 2004 from Bergischen University of Wuppertal, Germany. He then moved to the laboratory of Prof. Fred Wudl at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) as a California Nanosystem Institute Post-doctoral fellow (CNSI). In 2006, Prof. Satish Patil was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the solid state and structural chemistry unit at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and currently he is professor at IISc, Bangalore. He is a recipient of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) medal for Young Scientist (2009), Young Affiliate of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and DST-SwarnaJayanti Fellow. Prof. Patil has made extensive fundamental and applied contributions to the field of molecular electronics. In particular, his research works on air-stable n-channel conjugated polymers and observation of band-like transport in conjugated polymers is truly path breaking. Professor Patil has guided several Ph.D. students and has more than 10 years of teaching experience in India's premier R&D and academic institution.