Giridhar U. Kulkarni

G. U. Kulkarni is a President, JNCASR and Adjunct Professor at CeNS, Bangalore. He received his PhD at Indian Institute of Science in 1992 and has held visiting/adjunct positions at Cardiff, Tokyo, TASC-INFM, Trieste; Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; Purdue etc. His present research interests are focused on new strategies in synthesis of nanomaterials, nanopatterning and nanodevice fabrication including of molecular systems. His recipes emphasize the importance of simple design, near ambient working conditions, solution based processing as well as low cost instrumentation. His group strives to translate nanoresearch finding into affordable technology.

Prof. Kulkarni’s pages at JNC: http://www.jncasr.ac.in/kulkarni/